#bdc2eb

Color #bdc2eb

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bdc2eb

RGB

rgb(189, 194, 235)

HSL

hsl(233.5, 53.5%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.5, 19.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(79.27, 6.69, -20.87)

LCH

lch(79.27, 21.92, 287.77)

OKLCH

oklch(82.4%, 0.0577, 279.58)

HWB

hwb(233.5, 74.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebe6bd

Analogous

#bdd9eb

#bdc2eb

#cfbdeb

Triadic

#bdc2eb

#ebbdc2

#c2ebbd

Split-complementary

#bdc2eb

#ebcfbd

#d9ebbd

Tetradic

#bdc2eb

#e6bdeb

#ebe6bd

#c2ebbd

Square

#bdc2eb

#ebbdd9

#ebe6bd

#bdebcf

Shades

Color #bdc2eb mixed toward black.

#8790db

#505eca

#313ea3

#21296c

#101536

Tints

Color #bdc2eb mixed toward white.

#c8ccee

#d3d6f2

#dee0f5

#e9ebf8

#f4f5fc

Tones

Color #bdc2eb mixed toward gray.

#c1c5e7

#c5c8e3

#c8cbdf

#cccedc

#d0d1d8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfe2 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbfe0 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#bddad9 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdc2eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdc2eb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#bdc2eb (#bdc2eb) is rgb(189, 194, 235) in RGB.

No, #bdc2eb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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