#bdcbe9

Color #bdcbe9

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 4.27 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bdcbe9

RGB

rgb(189, 203, 233)

HSL

hsl(220.9, 50%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.9, 18.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(81.52, 1.43, -16.41)

LCH

lch(81.52, 16.47, 274.98)

OKLCH

oklch(84.1%, 0.0447, 265.51)

HWB

hwb(220.9, 74.1%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9dbbd

Analogous

#bde1e9

#bdcbe9

#c5bde9

Triadic

#bdcbe9

#e9bdcb

#cbe9bd

Split-complementary

#bdcbe9

#e9c5bd

#e1e9bd

Tetradic

#bdcbe9

#dbbde9

#e9dbbd

#cbe9bd

Square

#bdcbe9

#e9bde1

#e9dbbd

#bde9c5

Shades

Color #bdcbe9 mixed toward black.

#88a1d7

#5378c6

#35569e

#233a69

#121d35

Tints

Color #bdcbe9 mixed toward white.

#c8d4ed

#d3dcf0

#dee5f4

#e9eef8

#f4f6fb

Tones

Color #bdcbe9 mixed toward gray.

#c1cce5

#c4cee2

#c8cfde

#ccd0da

#cfd2d7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3e2 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#c2c1e1 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#bedddb · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdcbe9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdcbe9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#bdcbe9 (#bdcbe9) is rgb(189, 203, 233) in RGB.

No, #bdcbe9 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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