#BDC8EB#BDC8EB

#BDC8EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.051 H 271.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8EB
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(226, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 3.46, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 18.87, 280.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% 0.0014 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.051 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6322, 58.1244, 86.8166)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8EB #EBE0BD

analogous

#BDDFEB #BDC8EB #C9BDEB

triadic

#BDC8EB #EBBDC8 #C8EBBD

tetradic

#BDC8EB #EBBDDF #EBE0BD #BDEBC9

square

#BDC8EB #EBBDDF #EBE0BD #BDEBC9

split-complementary

#BDC8EB #EBC9BD #DFEBBD

monochromatic

#5F7ACF #8EA1DD #BDC8EB #E8EBF8 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDC8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#BDC8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8EB

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8EB	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.051 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8f1',
    500: '#bdc8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8eb;
$custom-light: #d1d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.652,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83574,
    "c": 0.05051,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8EB

secondary

#C7B785

accent

#9C25C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8EB

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

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