#bdc3d8

Color #bdc3d8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.28 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bdc3d8

RGB

rgb(189, 195, 216)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 25.7%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 12.5%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(78.93, 2.09, -11.17)

LCH

lch(78.93, 11.36, 280.6)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.0301, 273.04)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 74.1%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8d2bd

Analogous

#bdd0d8

#bdc3d8

#c4bdd8

Triadic

#bdc3d8

#d8bdc3

#c3d8bd

Split-complementary

#bdc3d8

#d8c4bd

#d0d8bd

Tetradic

#bdc3d8

#d2bdd8

#d8d2bd

#c3d8bd

Square

#bdc3d8

#d8bdd0

#d8d2bd

#bdd8c4

Shades

Color #bdc3d8 mixed toward black.

#939cbf

#6876a6

#4b577f

#323a55

#191d2a

Tints

Color #bdc3d8 mixed toward white.

#c8cdde

#d3d7e5

#dee1eb

#e9ebf2

#f4f5f8

Tones

Color #bdc3d8 mixed toward gray.

#bfc4d6

#c1c5d3

#c4c7d1

#c6c8cf

#c8c9cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0d3 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#bfbfd2 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#bdcfce · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdc3d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdc3d8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#bdc3d8 (#bdc3d8) is rgb(189, 195, 216) in RGB.

No, #bdc3d8 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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