#BDC8D8#BDC8D8

#BDC8D8 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.025 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8D8
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(216, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(216, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -0.57, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 9.25, 266.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0054 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.025 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0324, 57.0845, 73.1241)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8D8 #D8CDBD

analogous

#BDD6D8 #BDC8D8 #C0BDD8

triadic

#BDC8D8 #D8BDC8 #C8D8BD

tetradic

#BDC8D8 #D8BDD6 #D8CDBD #BDD8C0

square

#BDC8D8 #D8BDD6 #D8CDBD #BDD8C0

split-complementary

#BDC8D8 #D8C0BD #D6D8BD

monochromatic

#7088AB #97A8C1 #BDC8D8 #E3E8EF #ECEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDC8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#BDC8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8D8

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8D8	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C8D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.025 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e4',
    500: '#bdc8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8d8;
$custom-light: #d1d8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82926,
    "c": 0.02547,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8D8

secondary

#AEA08B

accent

#7C41A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8D8

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

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