#BDD8FF#BDD8FF

#BDD8FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.062 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD8FF
RGB	rgb(189, 216, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(215, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -0.54, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 21.96, 268.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0133 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.062 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5871, 67.1485, 104.1990)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD8FF #FFE4BD

analogous

#BDF9FF #BDD8FF #C3BDFF

triadic

#BDD8FF #FFBDD8 #D8FFBD

tetradic

#BDD8FF #FFBDF9 #FFE4BD #BDFFC3

square

#BDD8FF #FFBDF9 #FFE4BD #BDFFC3

split-complementary

#BDD8FF #FFC3BD #F9FFBD

monochromatic

#4390FF #80B4FF #BDD8FF #E0EDFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BDD8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#BDD8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD8FF

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD8FF	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4D3FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABE0E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 216, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.062 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e4ff',
    500: '#bdd8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd8ff;
$custom-light: #d2e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87527,
    "c": 0.06152,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD8FF

secondary

#E7BA79

accent

#8800E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141518

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD8FF

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

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