#BDC8D9#BDC8D9

#BDC8D9 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.027 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8D9
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(216, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(216, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -0.37, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 9.74, 267.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0051 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.027 259)
XYZ	xyz(54.1621, 57.1363, 73.8071)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8D9 #D9CEBD

analogous

#BDD6D9 #BDC8D9 #C0BDD9

triadic

#BDC8D9 #D9BDC8 #C8D9BD

tetradic

#BDC8D9 #D9BDD6 #D9CEBD #BDD9C0

square

#BDC8D9 #D9BDD6 #D9CEBD #BDD9C0

split-complementary

#BDC8D9 #D9C0BD #D6D9BD

monochromatic

#6F87AC #96A8C3 #BDC8D9 #E4E8EF #ECEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDC8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BDC8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8D9

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8D9	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.027 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e4',
    500: '#bdc8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8d9;
$custom-light: #d1d8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82959,
    "c": 0.02672,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.57137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8D9

secondary

#B0A18B

accent

#7E40A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8D9

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

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