#bdc5ee

Color #bdc5ee

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.36 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bdc5ee

RGB

rgb(189, 197, 238)

HSL

hsl(230.2, 59%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.2, 20.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(80.14, 5.73, -21.17)

LCH

lch(80.14, 21.93, 285.15)

OKLCH

oklch(83.1%, 0.0582, 276.42)

HWB

hwb(230.2, 74.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eee6bd

Analogous

#bdddee

#bdc5ee

#cdbdee

Triadic

#bdc5ee

#eebdc5

#c5eebd

Split-complementary

#bdc5ee

#eecdbd

#ddeebd

Tetradic

#bdc5ee

#e6bdee

#eee6bd

#c5eebd

Square

#bdc5ee

#eebddd

#eee6bd

#bdeecd

Shades

Color #bdc5ee mixed toward black.

#8493df

#4c62d1

#2c40aa

#1d2b71

#0f1539

Tints

Color #bdc5ee mixed toward white.

#c8cff1

#d3d8f4

#dee2f6

#e9ecf9

#f4f5fc

Tones

Color #bdc5ee mixed toward gray.

#c1c8ea

#c5cae6

#c9cde2

#cdd0de

#d1d3da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1e5 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#c0bfe3 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#bddddc · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdc5ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdc5ee]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#bdc5ee (#bdc5ee) is rgb(189, 197, 238) in RGB.

No, #bdc5ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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