#BDD4E4#BDD4E4

#BDD4E4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.033 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4E4
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(205, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -4.39, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 11.35, 247.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0175 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.033 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5298, 63.5058, 82.5579)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4E4 #E4CDBD

analogous

#BDE4E1 #BDD4E4 #BDC1E4

triadic

#BDD4E4 #E4BDD4 #D4E4BD

tetradic

#BDD4E4 #E1BDE4 #E4CDBD #C1E4BD

square

#BDD4E4 #E1BDE4 #E4CDBD #C1E4BD

split-complementary

#BDD4E4 #E4BDC1 #E4E1BD

monochromatic

#669BC0 #92B8D2 #BDD4E4 #E8F0F6 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BDD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#BDD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4E4

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4E4	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.033 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1ec',
    500: '#bdd4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4e4;
$custom-light: #d1e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.615,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8578,
    "c": 0.03331,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4E4

secondary

#BE9E87

accent

#6730B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFD

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4E4

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

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