#BDC8DB#BDC8DB

#BDC8DB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.029 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8DB
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(218, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, 0.05, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 10.71, 270.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0043 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.029 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4238, 57.2410, 75.1854)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8DB #DBD0BD

analogous

#BDD7DB #BDC8DB #C1BDDB

triadic

#BDC8DB #DBBDC8 #C8DBBD

tetradic

#BDC8DB #DBBDD7 #DBD0BD #BDDBC1

square

#BDC8DB #DBBDD7 #DBD0BD #BDDBC1

split-complementary

#BDC8DB #DBC1BD #D7DBBD

monochromatic

#6E86B0 #95A7C5 #BDC8DB #E5E9F1 #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDC8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BDC8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8DB

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8DB	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.029 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e6',
    500: '#bdc8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8db;
$custom-light: #d1d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83024,
    "c": 0.02923,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8DB

secondary

#B2A38A

accent

#813DA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8DB

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

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