#BDC8DE#BDC8DE

#BDC8DE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.033 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8DE
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(220, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(220, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, 0.67, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 12.21, 273.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0032 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.033 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8223, 57.4004, 77.2841)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8DE #DED3BD

analogous

#BDD8DE #BDC8DE #C2BDDE

triadic

#BDC8DE #DEBDC8 #C8DEBD

tetradic

#BDC8DE #DEBDD8 #DED3BD #BDDEC2

square

#BDC8DE #DEBDD8 #DED3BD #BDDEC2

split-complementary

#BDC8DE #DEC2BD #D8DEBD

monochromatic

#6B84B5 #94A6CA #BDC8DE #E6EAF2 #EBEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BDC8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BDC8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8DE

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8DE	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.033 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8e8',
    500: '#bdc8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8de;
$custom-light: #d1d8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83124,
    "c": 0.03311,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8DE

secondary

#B6A789

accent

#8639AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8DE

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

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