#BDC8EA#BDC8EA

#BDC8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.049 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8EA
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(225, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(225, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, 3.24, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 18.35, 280.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% 0.001 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.049 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4882, 58.0668, 86.0578)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8EA #EADFBD

analogous

#BDDEEA #BDC8EA #C8BDEA

triadic

#BDC8EA #EABDC8 #C8EABD

tetradic

#BDC8EA #EABDDE #EADFBD #BDEAC8

square

#BDC8EA #EABDDE #EADFBD #BDEAC8

split-complementary

#BDC8EA #EAC8BD #DEEABD

monochromatic

#607BCC #8FA1DB #BDC8EA #E8ECF8 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#BDC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8EA

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8EA	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.049 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8f0',
    500: '#bdc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ea;
$custom-light: #d1d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.333,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83538,
    "c": 0.04915,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8EA

secondary

#C6B685

accent

#9A26BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8EA

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

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