#BDC8DD#BDC8DD

#BDC8DD is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.032 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8DD
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(219, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(219, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, 0.46, -11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 11.71, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0036 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.032 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6887, 57.3470, 76.5804)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8DD #DDD2BD

analogous

#BDD8DD #BDC8DD #C2BDDD

triadic

#BDC8DD #DDBDC8 #C8DDBD

tetradic

#BDC8DD #DDBDD8 #DDD2BD #BDDDC2

square

#BDC8DD #DDBDD8 #DDD2BD #BDDDC2

split-complementary

#BDC8DD #DDC2BD #D8DDBD

monochromatic

#6C85B3 #95A6C8 #BDC8DD #E5EAF2 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BDC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#BDC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8DD

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8DD	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.032 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e7',
    500: '#bdc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8dd;
$custom-light: #d1d8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.375,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83091,
    "c": 0.03181,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8DD

secondary

#B5A68A

accent

#843BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8DD

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

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