Information about #BDD4EB color

#BDD4EB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BDD4EB is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 212, 235) — 74.1% red, 83.1% green, 92.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 9 / 0 / 8. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BDD4EB presents itself as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Beau Blue (#BCD4E6). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Columbia Blue (#B9D9EB) and Pale Light Grayish Azure (#B8D0E7).

The recipe behind #BDD4EB is rgb(189, 212, 235), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #BDD4EB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 13.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.5:1. No one has named #BDD4EB so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BDD4EB color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BDD4EB color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BDD4EB

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BDD4EB
  • RGB189, 212, 235
  • CMYK18, 9, 0, 8
  • CSSrgb(189, 212, 235)
  • HSL210°, 53%, 83%
  • HSL Precise210°, 53.488%, 83.137%
  • HSV210°, 20%, 92%
  • HSB210°, 20%, 92%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.831
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.922
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.831, 0.922)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.831, 0.922, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.831, 0.922)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB83.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB92.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBDD4EB
  • DECIMAL ID12440811
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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