#BDDBED#BDDBED

#BDDBED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.040 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDBED
RGB	rgb(189, 219, 237)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -6.11, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 13.56, 243.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0236 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.04 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5997, 67.5945, 89.9058)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDBED #EDCFBD

analogous

#BDEDE7 #BDDBED #BDC3ED

triadic

#BDDBED #EDBDDB #DBEDBD

tetradic

#BDDBED #E7BDED #EDCFBD #C3EDBD

square

#BDDBED #E7BDED #EDCFBD #C3EDBD

split-complementary

#BDDBED #EDBDC3 #EDE7BD

monochromatic

#5DA7D3 #8DC1E0 #BDDBED #E7F2F8 #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BDDBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#BDDBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDBED

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDBED	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCD4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 219, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.040 234.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87519,
    "c": 0.04047,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDBED

secondary

#CA9E84

accent

#5E21C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDBED

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

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