#BDCBDD#BDCBDD

#BDCBDD is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.029 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBDD
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(214, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -1.13, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 10.60, 263.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0078 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.029 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3903, 58.7502, 76.8143)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBDD #DDCFBD

analogous

#BDDBDD #BDCBDD #BFBDDD

triadic

#BDCBDD #DDBDCB #CBDDBD

tetradic

#BDCBDD #DDBDDB #DDCFBD #BDDDBF

square

#BDCBDD #DDBDDB #DDCFBD #BDDDBF

split-complementary

#BDCBDD #DDBFBD #DBDDBD

monochromatic

#6C8BB3 #95ABC8 #BDCBDD #E5EBF2 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#BDCBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBDD

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBDD	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.029 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dae7',
    500: '#bdcbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbdd;
$custom-light: #d1dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83703,
    "c": 0.02948,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBDD

secondary

#B5A28A

accent

#7A3BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBDD

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

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