#BDDBEC#BDDBEC

#BDDBEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.040 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDBEC
RGB	rgb(189, 219, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(202, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -6.33, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 13.23, 241.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.024 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.04 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4540, 67.5362, 89.1386)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDBEC #ECCEBD

analogous

#BDECE5 #BDDBEC #BDC3EC

triadic

#BDDBEC #ECBDDB #DBECBD

tetradic

#BDDBEC #E5BDEC #ECCEBD #C3ECBD

square

#BDDBEC #E5BDEC #ECCEBD #C3ECBD

split-complementary

#BDDBEC #ECBDC3 #ECE5BD

monochromatic

#5EA7D1 #8DC1DE #BDDBEC #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BDDBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#BDDBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDBEC

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDBEC	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 219, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.040 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e6f2',
    500: '#bddbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddbec;
$custom-light: #d1e6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87487,
    "c": 0.03962,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDBEC

secondary

#C99D84

accent

#5D23C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDBEC

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

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