#BDC8EC#BDC8EC

#BDC8EC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.052 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8EC
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, 3.68, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 19.39, 280.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% 0.0017 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.052 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7771, 58.1824, 87.5796)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8EC #ECE1BD

analogous

#BDDFEC #BDC8EC #C9BDEC

triadic

#BDC8EC #ECBDC8 #C8ECBD

tetradic

#BDC8EC #ECBDDF #ECE1BD #BDECC9

square

#BDC8EC #ECBDDF #ECE1BD #BDECC9

split-complementary

#BDC8EC #ECC9BD #DFECBD

monochromatic

#5E79D1 #8DA0DE #BDC8EC #E7EBF8 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDC8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#BDC8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8EC

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8EC	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.052 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8f2',
    500: '#bdc8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ec;
$custom-light: #d1d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8361,
    "c": 0.05187,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8EC

secondary

#C9B984

accent

#9D23C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8EC

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

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