#BDC4DC#BDC4DC

#BDC4DC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.035 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4DC
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(226, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, 2.38, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 12.98, 280.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% 0.0016 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.035 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6415, 55.4653, 75.5760)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4DC #DCD5BD

analogous

#BDD3DC #BDC4DC #C5BDDC

triadic

#BDC4DC #DCBDC4 #C4DCBD

tetradic

#BDC4DC #DCBDD3 #DCD5BD #BDDCC5

square

#BDC4DC #DCBDD3 #DCD5BD #BDDCC5

split-complementary

#BDC4DC #DCC5BD #D3DCBD

monochromatic

#6D7CB2 #95A0C7 #BDC4DC #E5E8F1 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDC4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BDC4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4DC

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4DC	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.035 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5e6',
    500: '#bdc4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4dc;
$custom-light: #d1d5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82245,
    "c": 0.03451,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4DC

secondary

#B3AA8A

accent

#913CA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4DC

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

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