#BDCBDA#BDCBDA

#BDCBDA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.026 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBDA
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(211, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -1.75, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 9.23, 259.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0089 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.026 250)
XYZ	xyz(54.9942, 58.5917, 74.7280)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBDA #DACCBD

analogous

#BDDADA #BDCBDA #BEBDDA

triadic

#BDCBDA #DABDCB #CBDABD

tetradic

#BDCBDA #DABDDA #DACCBD #BDDABE

square

#BDCBDA #DABDDA #DACCBD #BDDABE

split-complementary

#BDCBDA #DABEBD #DADABD

monochromatic

#6F8DAE #96ACC4 #BDCBDA #E4EAF0 #EBF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#BDCBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBDA

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBDA	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.026 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dae5',
    500: '#bdcbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbda;
$custom-light: #d1dae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.034,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83605,
    "c": 0.02599,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.58593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBDA

secondary

#B19E8A

accent

#753FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBDA

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

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