Close to Sky Gray
#BED3DE
#BED3DE is a very light, muted blue, close to the color Sky Gray. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 82.7% green, and 87.1% blue. Its hue is 201°, with 33% saturation and 81% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.
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Tints, shades & tones
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #BED3DE.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette creator →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
1.55:1 FailBlack text on this color
13.56:1 AAAThis color as text on white
1.55:1 FailThis color as text on black
13.56:1 AAAHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BED3DE as they’d see it.
#BED3DE in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
On a dark background
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Questions about #BED3DE
What color is #BED3DE?
#BED3DE is a very light, muted blue, close to the color Sky Gray. In RGB it’s made of 74.5% red, 82.7% green, and 87.1% blue. Its hue is 201°, with 33% saturation and 81% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.
What is #BED3DE in RGB?
#BED3DE is rgb(190, 211, 222): 190 red, 211 green, and 222 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #BED3DE in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(14, 5, 0, 13). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #BED3DE?
PANTONE 290 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #BED3DE?
Its complement #E0CCC2 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.