#BDCAEC#BDCAEC

#BDCAEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.050 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCAEC
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(223, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(223, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, 2.61, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 18.44, 278.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.001 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.05 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2433, 59.1148, 87.7350)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCAEC #ECDFBD

analogous

#BDE1EC #BDCAEC #C7BDEC

triadic

#BDCAEC #ECBDCA #CAECBD

tetradic

#BDCAEC #ECBDE1 #ECDFBD #BDECC7

square

#BDCAEC #ECBDE1 #ECDFBD #BDECC7

split-complementary

#BDCAEC #ECC7BD #E1ECBD

monochromatic

#5E7ED1 #8DA4DE #BDCAEC #E7ECF8 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BDCAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#BDCAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCAEC

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCAEC	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.050 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daf2',
    500: '#bdcaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcaec;
$custom-light: #d1daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.404,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84013,
    "c": 0.04971,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCAEC

secondary

#C9B684

accent

#9723C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCAEC

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

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