#BDD4E9#BDD4E9

#BDD4E9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.038 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD4E9
RGB	rgb(189, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(209, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -3.32, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 13.32, 255.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0157 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.038 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2339, 63.7875, 86.2664)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD4E9 #E9D2BD

analogous

#BDE9E8 #BDD4E9 #BDBEE9

triadic

#BDD4E9 #E9BDD4 #D4E9BD

tetradic

#BDD4E9 #E8BDE9 #E9D2BD #BEE9BD

square

#BDD4E9 #E8BDE9 #E9D2BD #BEE9BD

split-complementary

#BDD4E9 #E9BDBE #E9E8BD

monochromatic

#6198CA #8FB6DA #BDD4E9 #E8F0F7 #E8F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BDD4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#BDD4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD4E9

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD4E9	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.038 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1f0',
    500: '#bdd4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd4e9;
$custom-light: #d1e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85945,
    "c": 0.03835,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD4E9

secondary

#C5A486

accent

#6F28BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD4E9

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

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