#BDC4DD#BDC4DD

#BDC4DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.036 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4DD
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(227, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, 2.59, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 13.50, 281.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% 0.002 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.036 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7744, 55.5184, 76.2756)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4DD #DDD6BD

analogous

#BDD4DD #BDC4DD #C6BDDD

triadic

#BDC4DD #DDBDC4 #C4DDBD

tetradic

#BDC4DD #DDBDD4 #DDD6BD #BDDDC6

square

#BDC4DD #DDBDD4 #DDD6BD #BDDDC6

split-complementary

#BDC4DD #DDC6BD #D4DDBD

monochromatic

#6C7CB3 #95A0C8 #BDC4DD #E5E8F2 #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#BDC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4DD

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4DD	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.036 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5e7',
    500: '#bdc4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4dd;
$custom-light: #d1d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82279,
    "c": 0.03588,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4DD

secondary

#B5AB8A

accent

#923BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4DD

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

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