#BDC3EB#BDC3EB

#BDC3EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.056 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3EB
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(232, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(232, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, 6.15, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 21.39, 286.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% 0.0082 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.056 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4931, 55.8462, 86.4369)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3EB #EBE5BD

analogous

#BDDAEB #BDC3EB #CEBDEB

triadic

#BDC3EB #EBBDC3 #C3EBBD

tetradic

#BDC3EB #EBBDDA #EBE5BD #BDEBCE

square

#BDC3EB #EBBDDA #EBE5BD #BDEBCE

split-complementary

#BDC3EB #EBCEBD #DAEBBD

monochromatic

#5F6ECF #8E98DD #BDC3EB #E8EAF8 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDC3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BDC3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3EB

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3EB	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.056 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5f1',
    500: '#bdc3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3eb;
$custom-light: #d1d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.174,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82572,
    "c": 0.05646,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3EB

secondary

#C7BF85

accent

#AD25C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3EB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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