#BDCDEB#BDCDEB

#BDCDEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.045 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCDEB
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(219, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(219, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, 0.80, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 16.62, 272.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0055 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.045 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8092, 60.4783, 87.2089)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCDEB #EBDBBD

analogous

#BDE4EB #BDCDEB #C4BDEB

triadic

#BDCDEB #EBBDCD #CDEBBD

tetradic

#BDCDEB #EBBDE4 #EBDBBD #BDEBC4

square

#BDCDEB #EBBDE4 #EBDBBD #BDEBC4

split-complementary

#BDCDEB #EBC4BD #E4EBBD

monochromatic

#5F86CF #8EA9DD #BDCDEB #E8EDF8 #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BDCDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BDCDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCDEB

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCDEB	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.045 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcf1',
    500: '#bdcdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcdeb;
$custom-light: #d1dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.13,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84584,
    "c": 0.04546,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCDEB

secondary

#C7B085

accent

#8B25C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCDEB

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

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