#BDD4E2#BDD4E2

#BDD4E2 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.032 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4E2
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(203, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -4.81, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 10.64, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0183 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.032 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2538, 63.3954, 81.1041)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4E2 #E2CBBD

analogous

#BDE2DE #BDD4E2 #BDC2E2

triadic

#BDD4E2 #E2BDD4 #D4E2BD

tetradic

#BDD4E2 #DEBDE2 #E2CBBD #C2E2BD

square

#BDD4E2 #DEBDE2 #E2CBBD #C2E2BD

split-complementary

#BDD4E2 #E2BDC2 #E2DEBD

monochromatic

#689DBD #92B8CF #BDD4E2 #E8F0F5 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BDD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#BDD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4E2

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4E2	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.032 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1eb',
    500: '#bdd4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4e2;
$custom-light: #d1e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 38.947,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85716,
    "c": 0.0315,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4E2

secondary

#BB9B88

accent

#6334B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4E2

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

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