#BDCAEE#BDCAEE

#BDCAEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.052 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCAEE
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(224, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 3.05, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 19.47, 279.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0004 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.052 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5355, 59.2317, 89.2739)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCAEE #EEE1BD

analogous

#BDE2EE #BDCAEE #C8BDEE

triadic

#BDCAEE #EEBDCA #CAEEBD

tetradic

#BDCAEE #EEBDE2 #EEE1BD #BDEEC8

square

#BDCAEE #EEBDE2 #EEE1BD #BDEEC8

split-complementary

#BDCAEE #EEC8BD #E2EEBD

monochromatic

#5C7CD5 #8CA3E1 #BDCAEE #E7EBF9 #E7EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BDCAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#BDCAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCAEE

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCAEE	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.052 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daf3',
    500: '#bdcaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcaee;
$custom-light: #d1daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84084,
    "c": 0.0524,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCAEE

secondary

#CCB983

accent

#9A1FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCAEE

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

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