#BDC4E2#BDC4E2

#BDC4E2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.043 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4E2
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(229, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(229, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, 3.65, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 16.12, 283.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% 0.0038 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.043 275)
XYZ	xyz(54.4505, 55.7888, 79.8364)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4E2 #E2DBBD

analogous

#BDD7E2 #BDC4E2 #C9BDE2

triadic

#BDC4E2 #E2BDC4 #C4E2BD

tetradic

#BDC4E2 #E2BDD7 #E2DBBD #BDE2C9

square

#BDC4E2 #E2BDD7 #E2DBBD #BDE2C9

split-complementary

#BDC4E2 #E2C9BD #D7E2BD

monochromatic

#6878BD #929ECF #BDC4E2 #E8EAF5 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDC4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BDC4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4E2

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4E2	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.043 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5eb',
    500: '#bdc4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4e2;
$custom-light: #d1d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 38.947,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82451,
    "c": 0.04276,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.5579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4E2

secondary

#BBB188

accent

#9A34B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4E2

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

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