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#BDD0FA

#bdd0fa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bdd0fa is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 81.57% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.4% cyan, 16.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 221.31°, with 85.92% saturation and 86.08% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.84.

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Relative luminance0.6283

Complementary

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #fae7bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #fac9bd
  3. #effabd

Analogous

  1. #bdeffa
  2. #bdd0fa
  3. #c9bdfa

Triadic

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #fabdd0
  3. #d0fabd

Tetradic

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #e7bdfa
  3. #fae7bd
  4. #d0fabd

Square

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #fabdef
  3. #fae7bd
  4. #bdfac9

Monochromatic

  1. #2f6bef
  2. #769df5
  3. #bdd0fa
  4. #ecf1fe
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#bdd0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #aabbe1
  3. #97a6c8
  4. #8492af
  5. #717d96
  6. #5f687d
  7. #4c5364
  8. #393e4b
  9. #262a32
  10. #131519
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdd0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #c4d5fb
  3. #cad9fb
  4. #d1defc
  5. #d7e3fc
  6. #dee8fd
  7. #e5ecfd
  8. #ebf1fe
  9. #f2f6fe
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdd0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdd0fa
  2. #b7c8ee
  3. #b1c0e2
  4. #abb8d5
  5. #a5b0c9
  6. #9fa8bd
  7. #98a0b1
  8. #9298a5
  9. #8c9098
  10. #86888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8d0e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3d3fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdcdf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #add8de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1d2fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdcef9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4d5ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdd0fa {
  color: #bdd0fa;
}
Background
.bg-bdd0fa {
  background-color: #bdd0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdd0fa {
  border: 2px solid #bdd0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdd0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 208 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdd0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdd0fa, #c9bdfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdd0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 208 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.84 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.00 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.92 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.33 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 10.52 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.63 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.53 #422f05 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#bdd0fa  rgb(189, 208, 250)  hsl(221, 86%, 86%)  Light Steel Blue
#fae7bd  rgb(250, 231, 189)  hsl(41, 86%, 86%)  Wheat
#fabdd0  rgb(250, 189, 208)  hsl(341, 86%, 86%)  Bubble Gum
#d0fabd  rgb(208, 250, 189)  hsl(101, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green