#BDC8DA#BDC8DA

#BDC8DA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.028 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8DA
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(217, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(217, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -0.16, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 10.22, 269.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0047 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.028 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2925, 57.1885, 74.4942)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8DA #DACFBD

analogous

#BDD7DA #BDC8DA #C1BDDA

triadic

#BDC8DA #DABDC8 #C8DABD

tetradic

#BDC8DA #DABDD7 #DACFBD #BDDAC1

square

#BDC8DA #DABDD7 #DACFBD #BDDAC1

split-complementary

#BDC8DA #DAC1BD #D7DABD

monochromatic

#6F87AE #96A7C4 #BDC8DA #E4E9F0 #EBEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDC8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#BDC8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8DA

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8DA	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.028 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e5',
    500: '#bdc8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8da;
$custom-light: #d1d8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82992,
    "c": 0.02797,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8DA

secondary

#B1A28A

accent

#7F3FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8DA

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

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