Information about #BDC2DB color

#BDC2DB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BDC2DB is classified in the Register under the Blue Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 194, 219) — 74.1% red, 76.1% green, 85.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 10 / 0 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly balanced deep-sea blue, #BDC2DB floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Heartbreaker (#C1C2DA). Nearby in the Register you will also find Violet Scent Soft Blue (#BCC6DF) and Oxygen (#BBC6D5).

The recipe behind #BDC2DB is rgb(189, 194, 219), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #BDC2DB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. #BDC2DB has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#BDC2DB color variations

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

#BDC2DB 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 #BDC2DB

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

Heartbreaker color link
Heartbreaker

#C1C2DA

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Fairytale color link
Fairytale

#C6C4DB

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Zappo color link
Zappo

#C4C0E2

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Melrose color link
Melrose

#C3B9DD

Breathless color link
Breathless

#C1C8D2

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BDC2DB
  • RGB189, 194, 219
  • CMYK12, 10, 0, 14
  • CSSrgb(189, 194, 219)
  • HSL230°, 29%, 80%
  • HSL Precise230°, 29.412%, 80%
  • HSV230°, 14%, 86%
  • HSB230°, 14%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.761
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.859
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.761, 0.859)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.761, 0.859, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.761, 0.859)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB85.9%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBDC2DB
  • DECIMAL ID12436187
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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