#bdd1ef

Color #bdd1ef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bdd1ef

RGB

rgb(189, 209, 239)

HSL

hsl(216, 61%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 20.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(83.26, -0.44, -16.99)

LCH

lch(83.26, 17, 268.52)

OKLCH

oklch(85.5%, 0.0472, 258.38)

HWB

hwb(216, 74.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efdbbd

Analogous

#bdeaef

#bdd1ef

#c2bdef

Triadic

#bdd1ef

#efbdd1

#d1efbd

Split-complementary

#bdd1ef

#efc2bd

#eaefbd

Tetradic

#bdd1ef

#dbbdef

#efdbbd

#d1efbd

Square

#bdd1ef

#efbdea

#efdbbd

#bdefc2

Shades

Color #bdd1ef mixed toward black.

#83a9e1

#4a81d3

#2a5eac

#1c3f73

#0e1f39

Tints

Color #bdd1ef mixed toward white.

#c8d9f2

#d3e0f4

#dee8f7

#e9f0fa

#f4f7fc

Tones

Color #bdd1ef mixed toward gray.

#c1d2eb

#c5d3e7

#c9d3e2

#ced4de

#d2d5da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c6e8 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#c5c3e7 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#bee3e1 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdd1ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdd1ef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#bdd1ef (#bdd1ef) is rgb(189, 209, 239) in RGB.

No, #bdd1ef 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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