#BDCDEC#BDCDEC

#BDCDEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.047 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCDEC
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(220, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(220, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, 1.02, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 17.12, 273.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0051 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.047 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9541, 60.5363, 87.9719)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCDEC #ECDCBD

analogous

#BDE4EC #BDCDEC #C4BDEC

triadic

#BDCDEC #ECBDCD #CDECBD

tetradic

#BDCDEC #ECBDE4 #ECDCBD #BDECC4

square

#BDCDEC #ECBDE4 #ECDCBD #BDECC4

split-complementary

#BDCDEC #ECC4BD #E4ECBD

monochromatic

#5E85D1 #8DA9DE #BDCDEC #E7EDF8 #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BDCDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#BDCDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCDEC

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCDEC	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.047 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcf2',
    500: '#bdcdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcdec;
$custom-light: #d1dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.574,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84619,
    "c": 0.04676,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCDEC

secondary

#C9B284

accent

#8C23C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCDEC

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

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