#BDD5EA#BDD5EA

#BDD5EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.039 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD5EA
RGB	rgb(189, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(208, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -3.63, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 13.50, 254.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0167 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.039 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.6279, 64.3463, 87.1044)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD5EA #EAD2BD

analogous

#BDEAE8 #BDD5EA #BDBEEA

triadic

#BDD5EA #EABDD5 #D5EABD

tetradic

#BDD5EA #E8BDEA #EAD2BD #BEEABD

square

#BDD5EA #E8BDEA #EAD2BD #BEEABD

split-complementary

#BDD5EA #EABDBE #EAE8BD

monochromatic

#609ACC #8FB7DB #BDD5EA #E8F0F8 #E8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BDD5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#BDD5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD5EA

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD5EA	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.039 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1f0',
    500: '#bdd5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd5ea;
$custom-light: #d1e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86184,
    "c": 0.03901,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD5EA

secondary

#C6A385

accent

#6E26BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD5EA

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

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