#BDC5EA#BDC5EA

#BDC5EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.053 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5EA
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(229, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, 4.85, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 19.83, 284.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% 0.0051 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.053 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8002, 56.6908, 85.8285)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5EA #EAE2BD

analogous

#BDDBEA #BDC5EA #CBBDEA

triadic

#BDC5EA #EABDC5 #C5EABD

tetradic

#BDC5EA #EABDDB #EAE2BD #BDEACB

square

#BDC5EA #EABDDB #EAE2BD #BDEACB

split-complementary

#BDC5EA #EACBBD #DBEABD

monochromatic

#6073CC #8F9CDB #BDC5EA #E8EBF8 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#BDC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5EA

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5EA	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.053 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6f0',
    500: '#bdc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5ea;
$custom-light: #d1d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.333,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82936,
    "c": 0.05261,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5EA

secondary

#C6BA85

accent

#A426BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5EA

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

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