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#BDCDEB

#bdcdeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdcdeb is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 80.39% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.57% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 219.13°, with 53.49% saturation and 83.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.53.

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Relative luminance0.6048

Complementary

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #ebdbbd

Split complementary

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #ebc4bd
  3. #e4ebbd

Analogous

  1. #bde4eb
  2. #bdcdeb
  3. #c4bdeb

Triadic

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #ebbdcd
  3. #cdebbd

Tetradic

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #dbbdeb
  3. #ebdbbd
  4. #cdebbd

Square

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #ebbde4
  3. #ebdbbd
  4. #bdebc4

Monochromatic

  1. #4874c7
  2. #82a1d9
  3. #bdcdeb
  4. #eff3fa
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#bdcdeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #aab9d4
  3. #97a4bc
  4. #8490a5
  5. #717b8d
  6. #5f6776
  7. #4c525e
  8. #393e47
  9. #26292f
  10. #131518
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdcdeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #c4d2ed
  3. #cad7ef
  4. #d1dcf1
  5. #d7e1f3
  6. #dee6f5
  7. #e5ebf7
  8. #ebf0f9
  9. #f2f5fb
  10. #f8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdcdeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdcdeb
  2. #b7c5e0
  3. #b1bed6
  4. #abb6cb
  5. #a5aec0
  6. #9fa7b6
  7. #989fab
  8. #9297a0
  9. #8c8f95
  10. #86888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6ccd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4cfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcaea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2d3d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1ceec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #becbeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6d1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdcdeb {
  color: #bdcdeb;
}
Background
.bg-bdcdeb {
  background-color: #bdcdeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdcdeb {
  border: 2px solid #bdcdeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdcdeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 205 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 53% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdcdeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdcdeb, #c4bdeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdcdeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 205 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.53 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.69 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.57 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.87 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.19 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.53 #423214 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bdcdeb  rgb(189, 205, 235)  hsl(219, 53%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebdbbd  rgb(235, 219, 189)  hsl(39, 53%, 83%)  Pearl
#ebbdcd  rgb(235, 189, 205)  hsl(339, 53%, 83%)  Bubble Gum
#cdebbd  rgb(205, 235, 189)  hsl(99, 53%, 83%)  Tea Green