#BDCBEB#BDCBEB

#BDCBEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.047 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBEB
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(222, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, 1.86, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 17.48, 276.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0028 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.047 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3338, 59.5276, 87.0504)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBEB #EBDDBD

analogous

#BDE2EB #BDCBEB #C6BDEB

triadic

#BDCBEB #EBBDCB #CBEBBD

tetradic

#BDCBEB #EBBDE2 #EBDDBD #BDEBC6

square

#BDCBEB #EBBDE2 #EBDDBD #BDEBC6

split-complementary

#BDCBEB #EBC6BD #E2EBBD

monochromatic

#5F81CF #8EA6DD #BDCBEB #E8ECF8 #E8ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BDCBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#BDCBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBEB

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBEB	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.047 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daf1',
    500: '#bdcbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbeb;
$custom-light: #d1daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84179,
    "c": 0.04736,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBEB

secondary

#C7B385

accent

#9125C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBEB

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

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