#BDC4E8#BDC4E8

#BDC4E8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.051 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4E8
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(230, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(230, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, 4.95, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 19.28, 284.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% 0.0058 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.051 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2882, 56.1239, 84.2484)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4E8 #E8E1BD

analogous

#BDD9E8 #BDC4E8 #CCBDE8

triadic

#BDC4E8 #E8BDC4 #C4E8BD

tetradic

#BDC4E8 #E8BDD9 #E8E1BD #BDE8CC

square

#BDC4E8 #E8BDD9 #E8E1BD #BDE8CC

split-complementary

#BDC4E8 #E8CCBD #D9E8BD

monochromatic

#6273C8 #909BD8 #BDC4E8 #E8EBF7 #E8EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDC4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BDC4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4E8

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4E8	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.051 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5ef',
    500: '#bdc4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4e8;
$custom-light: #d1d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.233,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82663,
    "c": 0.05106,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4E8

secondary

#C3B986

accent

#A42ABC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4E8

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

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