#BDC4E1#BDC4E1

#BDC4E1 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.041 H 274.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4E1
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 225)
HSL	hsl(228, 38%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 12.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, 3.44, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 15.60, 282.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% 0.0034 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.041 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3136, 55.7341, 79.1158)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4E1 #E1DABD

analogous

#BDD6E1 #BDC4E1 #C8BDE1

triadic

#BDC4E1 #E1BDC4 #C4E1BD

tetradic

#BDC4E1 #E1BDD6 #E1DABD #BDE1C8

square

#BDC4E1 #E1BDD6 #E1DABD #BDE1C8

split-complementary

#BDC4E1 #E1C8BD #D6E1BD

monochromatic

#6979BB #939ECE #BDC4E1 #E7EAF4 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDC4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BDC4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4E1

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4E1	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.041 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5ea',
    500: '#bdc4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4e1;
$custom-light: #d1d5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.333,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82416,
    "c": 0.04138,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4E1

secondary

#BAB088

accent

#9835B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4E1

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

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