#BDCBDE#BDCBDE

#BDCBDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.031 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBDE
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -0.92, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 11.07, 265.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0074 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.031 256)
XYZ	xyz(55.5239, 58.8036, 77.5180)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBDE #DED0BD

analogous

#BDDBDE #BDCBDE #BFBDDE

triadic

#BDCBDE #DEBDCB #CBDEBD

tetradic

#BDCBDE #DEBDDB #DED0BD #BDDEBF

square

#BDCBDE #DEBDDB #DED0BD #BDDEBF

split-complementary

#BDCBDE #DEBFBD #DBDEBD

monochromatic

#6B8BB5 #94ABCA #BDCBDE #E6EBF2 #EBEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BDCBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBDE

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBDE	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.031 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dae8',
    500: '#bdcbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbde;
$custom-light: #d1dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83736,
    "c": 0.0307,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.58805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBDE

secondary

#B6A389

accent

#7B39AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBDE

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

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