#BDC8ED#BDC8ED

#BDC8ED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.053 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8ED
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(226, 57%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, 3.90, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 19.91, 281.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% 0.002 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.053 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9228, 58.2406, 88.3469)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8ED #EDE2BD

analogous

#BDE0ED #BDC8ED #CABDED

triadic

#BDC8ED #EDBDC8 #C8EDBD

tetradic

#BDC8ED #EDBDE0 #EDE2BD #BDEDCA

square

#BDC8ED #EDBDE0 #EDE2BD #BDEDCA

split-complementary

#BDC8ED #EDCABD #E0EDBD

monochromatic

#5D78D3 #8DA0E0 #BDC8ED #E7EBF8 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDC8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#BDC8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8ED

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8ED	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.053 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8f2',
    500: '#bdc8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ed;
$custom-light: #d1d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83646,
    "c": 0.05324,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8ED

secondary

#CABA84

accent

#9F21C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8ED

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

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