#BDD4DD#BDD4DD

#BDD4DD is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.028 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4DD
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(197, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -5.85, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 9.15, 230.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0202 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.028 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5777, 63.1250, 77.5434)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4DD #DDC6BD

analogous

#BDDDD6 #BDD4DD #BDC4DD

triadic

#BDD4DD #DDBDD4 #D4DDBD

tetradic

#BDD4DD #D6BDDD #DDC6BD #C4DDBD

square

#BDD4DD #D6BDDD #DDC6BD #C4DDBD

split-complementary

#BDD4DD #DDBDC4 #DDD6BD

monochromatic

#6C9FB3 #95BAC8 #BDD4DD #E5EEF2 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BDD4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#BDD4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4DD

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4DD	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CACEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.028 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1e7',
    500: '#bdd4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4dd;
$custom-light: #d1e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85557,
    "c": 0.02772,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4DD

secondary

#B5968A

accent

#5A3BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4DD

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

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