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#BEDCEA — Pale Muted Blue

#BEDCEA is a blue color we call Pale Muted Blue, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: powderblue (#B0E0E6) — not an exact match. CSS powderblue gives you #B0E0E6, a different color; use #BEDCEA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BEDCEA is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EACCBE; it also sits naturally between #BEEAE2 and #BEC6EA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEDCEA · RGB 190, 220, 234

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Color values

HEX#BEDCEA
RGB190, 220, 234
HSL199°, 51%, 83%
HSV199°, 19%, 92%
CMYK19%, 6%, 0%, 8%
XYZ61.68, 68.07, 87.73
Yxy68.07, 0.2836, 0.3130
CIE-Lab86.04, -6.96, -10.17
Hunter Lab82.51, -6.64, -10.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 86% · Blue 92%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BEDCEA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEDCEA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEDCEA

.text { color: #BEDCEA; }
.background { background-color: #BEDCEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEDCEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 220, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(199, 51%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEDCEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 220, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEDCEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 220, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEDCEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEDCEA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEDCEA

#9FCBE0#80BBD6#61AACC#4299C2#3785A9#2D6D8B#23556C#193D4D#0F242E#050C0F

Tints of #BEDCEA

#C1DEEB#C9E2EE#CDE4EF#D1E6F0#D8EAF3#DCECF4#E0EEF5#E4F0F6#ECF5F9#F0F7FA

Tones of #BEDCEA

#C1DBE7#C4D9E3#C7D8E0#CAD7DD#CDD6DA#D1D5D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EACCBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEDCEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEDCEA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BEDCEA: ·

How #BEDCEA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CBCBE7Deuteranopia · #C9C7E6Tritanopia · #C0E4E3

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEDCEA rather than the exact color:

Palette Fdf4f5
#FDF4F5 · #E8A0BF · #BA90C6 · #C0DBEA
Electric Orchard
#0D6C72 · #2954BB · #62B1CB · #BFDFE7
Palette Bbdce5
#BBDCE5 · #ECEEDF · #D9C4B0 · #CFAB8D
Palette Fff9d2
#FFF9D2 · #FFEBCC · #BFDDF0 · #8CC0EB
Palette Eb455f
#EB455F · #FCFFE7 · #BAD7E9 · #2B3467
Palette 2b3467
#2B3467 · #BAD7E9 · #FCFFE7 · #EB455F

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C0DBEA#BFDFE7#BBDCE5#BFDDF0#BAD7E9#C0D6E8#BBE2EC#BBE0EF#B9D7EA#BDD7E4#BAE0F0#BBDCE2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEDCE9  ·  #BEDCEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEDCEA?

#BEDCEA is Pale Muted Blue, a blue color (RGB 190, 220, 234). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEDCEA?

#BEDCEA is RGB 190, 220, 234 — HSL 199°, 51%, 83% — CMYK 19%, 6%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #BEDCEA?

Its complement is #EACCBE; analogous partners are #BEEAE2 and #BEC6EA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEDCEA for text?

Black text on #BEDCEA has a contrast ratio of 14.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.