#BDD2DB

sRGB: 189 / 210 / 219

Ancient mountains command forgotten kingdoms
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Fierce revelations defy the passing ages

#BDD2DB belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 189 red, 210 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 198.0° lands in the azure region. Its 29.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.41:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 189, 210, 219
HSL: 198.00°, 29.41%, 80.00%
HSV / HSB: 198.00°, 13.70%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 13.70%, 4.11%, 0.00%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.816, 62.026, 75.999
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.927, -5.215, -6.834
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62026
24-bit decimal: 12440283

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BDD2DB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.41:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.57:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DBC6BD sits half a turn (180°) from #BDD2DB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BDD2DB #DBC6BD

Analogous

#BDDBD5 and #BDC3DB sit 30° to either side of #BDD2DB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BDDBD5 #BDD2DB #BDC3DB

Triadic

#BDD2DB, #DBBDD2 and #D2DBBD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BDD2DB #DBBDD2 #D2DBBD

Split complementary

Start at #BDD2DB and look across the wheel. #DBBDC3 and #DBD5BD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BDD2DB #DBBDC3 #DBD5BD

Square

Starting with #BDD2DB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D5BDDB, #DBC6BD, then #C3DBBD. Across the square, #BDD2DB pairs with #DBC6BD, and #D5BDDB with #C3DBBD.

#BDD2DB #D5BDDB #DBC6BD #C3DBBD

Tetradic

#BDD2DB and #DBC6BD are opposites, as are #C6BDDB and #D2DBBD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BDD2DB #C6BDDB #DBC6BD #D2DBBD

Tints

Mixing #BDD2DB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CADBE2, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F6F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#BDD2DB #CADBE2 #D7E4E9 #E5EDF1 #F2F6F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BDD2DB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #97A8AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #262A2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#BDD2DB #97A8AF #717E83 #4C5458 #262A2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #BDD2DB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1C2C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9092, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BDD2DB #B1C2C9 #A5B1B7 #98A1A4 #8C9092 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BDD2DB

RGB

rgb(189 210 219)

HSL

hsl(198.000 29.412% 80.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BDD2DB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BDD2DB uses 189 red, 210 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.1%

Green 82.4%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BDD2DB is 13.7% cyan, 4.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 13.7%

Magenta 4.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BDD2DB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBCCDD Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BDD2DB #C2D0D6 #C7CED1 #CCCCCC #D1CAC7 #D6C8C2 #DBC6BD

Color vision previews

Compare how #BDD2DB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CDD1DC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C8CDDB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B5D5D5

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C7D1DB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C5CFDB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BCD3D9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CECECE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C6D0D5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.50888 G 0.64448 B 0.70838

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.75666 G 0.82097 B 0.85449

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.53296 G 0.63998 B 0.70034

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.292 y 0.318 Y 62.026

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.882 M % 17.647 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111101 11010010 11011011