#BDD4DF#BDD4DF

#BDD4DF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.029 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4DF
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(199, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -5.43, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 9.69, 235.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0194 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.029 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8457, 63.2322, 78.9551)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4DF #DFC8BD

analogous

#BDDFD9 #BDD4DF #BDC3DF

triadic

#BDD4DF #DFBDD4 #D4DFBD

tetradic

#BDD4DF #D9BDDF #DFC8BD #C3DFBD

square

#BDD4DF #D9BDDF #DFC8BD #C3DFBD

split-complementary

#BDD4DF #DFBDC3 #DFD9BD

monochromatic

#6B9EB7 #94B9CB #BDD4DF #E6EFF3 #EAF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BDD4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#BDD4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4DF

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4DF	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.029 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1e9',
    500: '#bdd4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4df;
$custom-light: #d1e1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8562,
    "c": 0.02909,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4DF

secondary

#B79889

accent

#5E38AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4DF

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

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