#BDD4E0#BDD4E0

#BDD4E0 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.030 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4E0
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(201, 16%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -5.23, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 9.99, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.019 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.03 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.9809, 63.2863, 79.6672)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4E0 #E0C9BD

analogous

#BDE0DA #BDD4E0 #BDC2E0

triadic

#BDD4E0 #E0BDD4 #D4E0BD

tetradic

#BDD4E0 #DABDE0 #E0C9BD #C2E0BD

square

#BDD4E0 #DABDE0 #E0C9BD #C2E0BD

split-complementary

#BDD4E0 #E0BDC2 #E0DABD

monochromatic

#6A9EB9 #93B9CC #BDD4E0 #E7EFF4 #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BDD4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#BDD4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4E0

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4E0	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.030 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1e9',
    500: '#bdd4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4e0;
$custom-light: #d1e1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 36.082,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85652,
    "c": 0.02985,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4E0

secondary

#B89989

accent

#6037AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4E0

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

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