#BDC4E4#BDC4E4

#BDC4E4 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.046 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4E4
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(229, 42%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, 4.08, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 17.18, 283.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% 0.0045 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.046 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.7265, 55.8992, 81.2901)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4E4 #E4DDBD

analogous

#BDD8E4 #BDC4E4 #CABDE4

triadic

#BDC4E4 #E4BDC4 #C4E4BD

tetradic

#BDC4E4 #E4BDD8 #E4DDBD #BDE4CA

square

#BDC4E4 #E4BDD8 #E4DDBD #BDE4CA

split-complementary

#BDC4E4 #E4CABD #D8E4BD

monochromatic

#6676C0 #929DD2 #BDC4E4 #E8EBF6 #E9ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDC4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#BDC4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4E4

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4E4	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.046 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5ec',
    500: '#bdc4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4e4;
$custom-light: #d1d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.231,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82521,
    "c": 0.04552,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4E4

secondary

#BEB487

accent

#9D30B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4E4

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

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