#BDD3E2#BDD3E2

#BDD3E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.032 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD3E2
RGB	rgb(189, 211, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(204, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 6.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -4.29, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 10.77, 246.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0169 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.032 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0046, 62.8970, 81.0211)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD3E2 #E2CCBD

analogous

#BDE2DF #BDD3E2 #BDC1E2

triadic

#BDD3E2 #E2BDD3 #D3E2BD

tetradic

#BDD3E2 #DFBDE2 #E2CCBD #C1E2BD

square

#BDD3E2 #DFBDE2 #E2CCBD #C1E2BD

split-complementary

#BDD3E2 #E2BDC1 #E2DFBD

monochromatic

#689ABD #92B7CF #BDD3E2 #E8EFF5 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BDD3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#BDD3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD3E2

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD3E2	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 211, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.032 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e0eb',
    500: '#bdd3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd3e2;
$custom-light: #d1e0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 38.947,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85509,
    "c": 0.03162,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD3E2

secondary

#BB9D88

accent

#6734B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD3E2

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

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