#BDCBDF#BDCBDF

#BDCBDF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.032 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBDF
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(215, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -0.71, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 11.54, 266.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.007 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.032 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6583, 58.8574, 78.2260)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBDF #DFD1BD

analogous

#BDDCDF #BDCBDF #C0BDDF

triadic

#BDCBDF #DFBDCB #CBDFBD

tetradic

#BDCBDF #DFBDDC #DFD1BD #BDDFC0

square

#BDCBDF #DFBDDC #DFD1BD #BDDFC0

split-complementary

#BDCBDF #DFC0BD #DCDFBD

monochromatic

#6B8AB7 #94ABCB #BDCBDF #E6EBF3 #EAEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BDCBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#BDCBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBDF

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBDF	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.032 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dae9',
    500: '#bdcbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbdf;
$custom-light: #d1dae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83769,
    "c": 0.03192,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBDF

secondary

#B7A489

accent

#7D38AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBDF

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

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