#BDCAE2#BDCAE2

#BDCAE2 is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.037 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCAE2
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(219, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(219, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, 0.45, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 13.38, 271.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0046 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.037 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8310, 58.5498, 80.2965)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCAE2 #E2D5BD

analogous

#BDDDE2 #BDCAE2 #C3BDE2

triadic

#BDCAE2 #E2BDCA #CAE2BD

tetradic

#BDCAE2 #E2BDDD #E2D5BD #BDE2C3

square

#BDCAE2 #E2BDDD #E2D5BD #BDE2C3

split-complementary

#BDCAE2 #E2C3BD #DDE2BD

monochromatic

#6886BD #92A8CF #BDCAE2 #E8ECF5 #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#BDCAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCAE2

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCAE2	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.037 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daeb',
    500: '#bdcae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcae2;
$custom-light: #d1daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.919,
    "s": 38.947,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83666,
    "c": 0.03651,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCAE2

secondary

#BBA988

accent

#8634B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCAE2

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

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