#BDD8EA#BDD8EA

#BDD8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.038 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD8EA
RGB	rgb(189, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(204, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -5.20, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 12.92, 246.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0207 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.038 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3895, 65.8694, 87.3583)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD8EA #EACFBD

analogous

#BDEAE5 #BDD8EA #BDC1EA

triadic

#BDD8EA #EABDD8 #D8EABD

tetradic

#BDD8EA #E5BDEA #EACFBD #C1EABD

square

#BDD8EA #E5BDEA #EACFBD #C1EABD

split-complementary

#BDD8EA #EABDC1 #EAE5BD

monochromatic

#60A1CC #8FBDDB #BDD8EA #E8F1F8 #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BDD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#BDD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD8EA

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD8EA	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DDDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.038 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4f0',
    500: '#bdd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd8ea;
$custom-light: #d1e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86801,
    "c": 0.03817,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD8EA

secondary

#C69F85

accent

#6326BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD8EA

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

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