#bdcbff

Color #bdcbff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bdcbff

RGB

rgb(189, 203, 255)

HSL

hsl(227.3, 100%, 87.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.3, 25.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(82.24, 6.38, -27.03)

LCH

lch(82.24, 27.77, 283.28)

OKLCH

oklch(84.9%, 0.0744, 273)

HWB

hwb(227.3, 74.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fff1bd

Analogous

#bdecff

#bdcbff

#d0bdff

Triadic

#bdcbff

#ffbdcb

#cbffbd

Split-complementary

#bdcbff

#ffd0bd

#ecffbd

Tetradic

#bdcbff

#f1bdff

#fff1bd

#cbffbd

Square

#bdcbff

#ffbdec

#fff1bd

#bdffd0

Shades

Color #bdcbff mixed toward black.

#7391ff

#2956ff

#002fde

#001f94

#00104a

Tints

Color #bdcbff mixed toward white.

#c8d4ff

#d3dcff

#dee5ff

#e9eeff

#f4f6ff

Tones

Color #bdcbff mixed toward gray.

#c3cefa

#c8d1f4

#ced5ef

#d3d8e9

#d9dbe4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c3f4 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#c2c1f1 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#beeae8 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 17.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bdcbff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdcbff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#bdcbff (#bdcbff) is rgb(189, 203, 255) in RGB.

No, #bdcbff 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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