#BDC4E5#BDC4E5

#BDC4E5 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.047 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4E5
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(230, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(230, 17%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, 4.30, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 17.70, 284.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% 0.0048 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.047 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8657, 55.9549, 82.0233)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4E5 #E5DEBD

analogous

#BDD8E5 #BDC4E5 #CABDE5

triadic

#BDC4E5 #E5BDC4 #C4E5BD

tetradic

#BDC4E5 #E5BDD8 #E5DEBD #BDE5CA

square

#BDC4E5 #E5BDD8 #E5DEBD #BDE5CA

split-complementary

#BDC4E5 #E5CABD #D8E5BD

monochromatic

#6576C2 #919DD4 #BDC4E5 #E9EBF6 #E9EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BDC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4E5

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4E5	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.047 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5ed',
    500: '#bdc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4e5;
$custom-light: #d1d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.5,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82556,
    "c": 0.0469,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4E5

secondary

#BFB587

accent

#9F2FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4E5

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

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