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#BDCEE3

#bdcee3 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdcee3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 80.78% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.74% cyan, 9.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 213.16°, with 40.43% saturation and 81.57% 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 3.09.

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Relative luminance0.6051

Complementary

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #e3d2bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #e3bfbd
  3. #e1e3bd

Analogous

  1. #bde1e3
  2. #bdcee3
  3. #bfbde3

Triadic

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #e3bdce
  3. #cee3bd

Tetradic

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #d2bde3
  3. #e3d2bd
  4. #cee3bd

Square

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #e3bde1
  3. #e3d2bd
  4. #bde3bf

Monochromatic

  1. #527eb5
  2. #87a6cc
  3. #bdcee3
  4. #f1f4f9
  5. #f1f4f9

Shades

#bdcee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #aab9cc
  3. #97a5b6
  4. #84909f
  5. #717c88
  6. #5f6772
  7. #4c525b
  8. #393e44
  9. #26292d
  10. #131517
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdcee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #c4d3e6
  3. #cad8e9
  4. #d1ddeb
  5. #d7e2ee
  6. #dee7f1
  7. #e5ebf4
  8. #ebf0f7
  9. #f2f5f9
  10. #f8fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdcee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdcee3
  2. #b7c6d9
  3. #b1becf
  4. #abb7c5
  5. #a5afbb
  6. #9fa7b2
  7. #989fa8
  8. #92979e
  9. #8c9094
  10. #86888a
  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 #c6cdd6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7cee4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3cbe3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4d3d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3cee4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cce3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7d1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdcee3 {
  color: #bdcee3;
}
Background
.bg-bdcee3 {
  background-color: #bdcee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdcee3 {
  border: 2px solid #bdcee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdcee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 206 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 40% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdcee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdcee3, #bfbde3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdcee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 206 227 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.09 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.50 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.01 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.22 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.56 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 9.71 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.89 #42311c Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bdcee3  rgb(189, 206, 227)  hsl(213, 40%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#e3d2bd  rgb(227, 210, 189)  hsl(33, 40%, 82%)  Bone
#e3bdce  rgb(227, 189, 206)  hsl(333, 40%, 82%)  Thistle
#cee3bd  rgb(206, 227, 189)  hsl(93, 40%, 82%)  Tea Green