#BDCBEC#BDCBEC

#BDCBEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.049 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBEC
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(222, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(222, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 2.08, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 17.99, 276.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0024 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.049 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4787, 59.5856, 87.8134)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBEC #ECDEBD

analogous

#BDE2EC #BDCBEC #C6BDEC

triadic

#BDCBEC #ECBDCB #CBECBD

tetradic

#BDCBEC #ECBDE2 #ECDEBD #BDECC6

square

#BDCBEC #ECBDE2 #ECDEBD #BDECC6

split-complementary

#BDCBEC #ECC6BD #E2ECBD

monochromatic

#5E80D1 #8DA6DE #BDCBEC #E7ECF8 #E7ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BDCBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#BDCBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBEC

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBEC	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.049 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daf2',
    500: '#bdcbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbec;
$custom-light: #d1daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.128,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84215,
    "c": 0.04868,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBEC

secondary

#C9B484

accent

#9323C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBEC

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

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