#BDD4E8#BDD4E8

#BDD4E8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.037 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4E8
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(208, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -3.54, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 12.91, 254.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0161 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.037 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0915, 63.7305, 85.5162)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4E8 #E8D1BD

analogous

#BDE8E7 #BDD4E8 #BDBEE8

triadic

#BDD4E8 #E8BDD4 #D4E8BD

tetradic

#BDD4E8 #E7BDE8 #E8D1BD #BEE8BD

square

#BDD4E8 #E7BDE8 #E8D1BD #BEE8BD

split-complementary

#BDD4E8 #E8BDBE #E8E7BD

monochromatic

#6299C8 #90B6D8 #BDD4E8 #E8F0F7 #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BDD4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#BDD4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4E8

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4E8	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7CFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.037 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1ef',
    500: '#bdd4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4e8;
$custom-light: #d1e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85912,
    "c": 0.03729,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4E8

secondary

#C3A286

accent

#6E2ABC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4E8

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

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