#BDC8EE#BDC8EE

#BDC8EE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.055 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8EE
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(227, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(227, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, 4.12, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 20.43, 281.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.0024 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.055 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0693, 58.2992, 89.1185)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8EE #EEE3BD

analogous

#BDE0EE #BDC8EE #CABDEE

triadic

#BDC8EE #EEBDC8 #C8EEBD

tetradic

#BDC8EE #EEBDE0 #EEE3BD #BDEECA

square

#BDC8EE #EEBDE0 #EEE3BD #BDEECA

split-complementary

#BDC8EE #EECABD #E0EEBD

monochromatic

#5C77D5 #8C9FE1 #BDC8EE #E7EBF9 #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#BDC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8EE

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8EE	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.055 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8f3',
    500: '#bdc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ee;
$custom-light: #d1d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.531,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.0546,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8EE

secondary

#CCBC83

accent

#A11FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8EE

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

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