#BDDDEE#BDDDEE

#BDDDEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.041 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDDEE
RGB	rgb(189, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(201, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -6.93, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 13.69, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0259 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.041 231)
XYZ	xyz(62.2711, 68.7029, 90.8524)
Luminance	0.6871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDDEE #EECEBD

analogous

#BDEEE6 #BDDDEE #BDC4EE

triadic

#BDDDEE #EEBDDD #DDEEBD

tetradic

#BDDDEE #E6BDEE #EECEBD #C4EEBD

square

#BDDDEE #E6BDEE #EECEBD #C4EEBD

split-complementary

#BDDDEE #EEBDC4 #EEE6BD

monochromatic

#5CABD5 #8CC4E1 #BDDDEE #E7F2F9 #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BDDDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#BDDDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDDEE

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDDEE	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.041 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e7f3',
    500: '#bdddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdddee;
$custom-light: #d1e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87966,
    "c": 0.04122,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.68705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDDEE

secondary

#CC9D83

accent

#591FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDDEE

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

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