#BDC8DC#BDC8DC

#BDC8DC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.031 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8DC
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(219, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(219, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, 0.25, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 11.21, 271.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.004 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.031 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5558, 57.2938, 75.8808)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8DC #DCD1BD

analogous

#BDD7DC #BDC8DC #C1BDDC

triadic

#BDC8DC #DCBDC8 #C8DCBD

tetradic

#BDC8DC #DCBDD7 #DCD1BD #BDDCC1

square

#BDC8DC #DCBDD7 #DCD1BD #BDDCC1

split-complementary

#BDC8DC #DCC1BD #D7DCBD

monochromatic

#6D85B2 #95A7C7 #BDC8DC #E5E9F1 #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDC8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#BDC8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8DC

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8DC	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.031 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e6',
    500: '#bdc8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8dc;
$custom-light: #d1d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.71,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83057,
    "c": 0.03052,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8DC

secondary

#B3A58A

accent

#833CA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8DC

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

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