#BDD4E1#BDD4E1

#BDD4E1 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.031 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4E1
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 38%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(202, 16%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -5.02, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 10.30, 240.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0187 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.031 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1169, 63.3407, 80.3836)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4E1 #E1CABD

analogous

#BDE1DC #BDD4E1 #BDC2E1

triadic

#BDD4E1 #E1BDD4 #D4E1BD

tetradic

#BDD4E1 #DCBDE1 #E1CABD #C2E1BD

square

#BDD4E1 #DCBDE1 #E1CABD #C2E1BD

split-complementary

#BDD4E1 #E1BDC2 #E1DCBD

monochromatic

#699DBB #93B9CE #BDD4E1 #E7EFF4 #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BDD4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#BDD4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4E1

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4E1	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.031 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1ea',
    500: '#bdd4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4e1;
$custom-light: #d1e1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85684,
    "c": 0.03065,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4E1

secondary

#BA9A88

accent

#6235B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4E1

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

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