#BDC9FF#BDC9FF

#BDC9FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.077 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC9FF
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 255)
HSL	hsl(229, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(229, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 7.45, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 28.79, 285.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% 0.0065 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.077 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9181, 59.8105, 102.9760)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC9FF #FFF3BD

analogous

#BDEAFF #BDC9FF #D2BDFF

triadic

#BDC9FF #FFBDC9 #C9FFBD

tetradic

#BDC9FF #FFBDEA #FFF3BD #BDFFD2

square

#BDC9FF #FFBDEA #FFF3BD #BDFFD2

split-complementary

#BDC9FF #FFD2BD #EAFFBD

monochromatic

#4365FF #8097FF #BDC9FF #E0E6FF #E0E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDC9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#BDC9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC9FF

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC9FF	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.077 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d9ff',
    500: '#bdc9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc9ff;
$custom-light: #d2d9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8452,
    "c": 0.07672,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC9FF

secondary

#E7D379

accent

#BC00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC9FF

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

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