#BDC8FF#BDC8FF

#BDC8FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.078 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8FF
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(230, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(230, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, 7.99, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 29.31, 285.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% 0.0079 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.078 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.6858, 59.3458, 102.8986)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8FF #FFF4BD

analogous

#BDE9FF #BDC8FF #D3BDFF

triadic

#BDC8FF #FFBDC8 #C8FFBD

tetradic

#BDC8FF #FFBDE9 #FFF4BD #BDFFD3

square

#BDC8FF #FFBDE9 #FFF4BD #BDFFD3

split-complementary

#BDC8FF #FFD3BD #E9FFBD

monochromatic

#4362FF #8095FF #BDC8FF #E0E5FF #E0E5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BDC8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#BDC8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8FF

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8FF	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.078 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d8ff',
    500: '#bdc8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ff;
$custom-light: #d2d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84323,
    "c": 0.07793,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8FF

secondary

#E7D579

accent

#BF00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8FF

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

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