#BDCBEE#BDCBEE

#BDCBEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.051 H 268.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBEE
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(223, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(223, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, 2.52, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 19.01, 277.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0017 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.051 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7709, 59.7025, 89.3523)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBEE #EEE0BD

analogous

#BDE3EE #BDCBEE #C7BDEE

triadic

#BDCBEE #EEBDCB #CBEEBD

tetradic

#BDCBEE #EEBDE3 #EEE0BD #BDEEC7

square

#BDCBEE #EEBDE3 #EEE0BD #BDEEC7

split-complementary

#BDCBEE #EEC7BD #E3EEBD

monochromatic

#5C7ED5 #8CA5E1 #BDCBEE #E7ECF9 #E7ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDCBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#BDCBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBEE

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBEE	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.051 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daf3',
    500: '#bdcbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbee;
$custom-light: #d1daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84286,
    "c": 0.05135,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBEE

secondary

#CCB783

accent

#971FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBEE

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

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