#BDC8EF#BDC8EF

#BDC8EF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.056 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8EF
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(227, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(227, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 4.35, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 20.95, 281.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% 0.0027 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.056 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2166, 58.3582, 89.8943)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8EF #EFE4BD

analogous

#BDE1EF #BDC8EF #CBBDEF

triadic

#BDC8EF #EFBDC8 #C8EFBD

tetradic

#BDC8EF #EFBDE1 #EFE4BD #BDEFCB

square

#BDC8EF #EFBDE1 #EFE4BD #BDEFCB

split-complementary

#BDC8EF #EFCBBD #E1EFBD

monochromatic

#5A76D7 #8C9FE3 #BDC8EF #E6EAF9 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDC8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#BDC8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8EF

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8EF	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.056 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8f4',
    500: '#bdc8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ef;
$custom-light: #d1d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83718,
    "c": 0.05597,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8EF

secondary

#CDBD83

accent

#A31DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8EF

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

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