#BDDEE8#BDDEE8

#BDDEE8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.037 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDEE8
RGB	rgb(189, 222, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(194, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -8.72, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 12.19, 224.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0295 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.037 218)
XYZ	xyz(61.6691, 68.8858, 86.3754)
Luminance	0.6889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDEE8 #E8C7BD

analogous

#BDE8DC #BDDEE8 #BDC9E8

triadic

#BDDEE8 #E8BDDE #DEE8BD

tetradic

#BDDEE8 #DCBDE8 #E8C7BD #C9E8BD

square

#BDDEE8 #DCBDE8 #E8C7BD #C9E8BD

split-complementary

#BDDEE8 #E8BDC9 #E8DCBD

monochromatic

#62B1C8 #90C7D8 #BDDEE8 #E8F4F7 #E8F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BDDEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#BDDEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDEE8

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDEE8	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0D6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 222, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.037 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e8ef',
    500: '#bddee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddee8;
$custom-light: #d1e8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87981,
    "c": 0.03743,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.68888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDEE8

secondary

#C39486

accent

#4C2ABC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDEE8

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

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