#BDDEEC#BDDEEC

#BDDEEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.040 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDEEC
RGB	rgb(189, 222, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(198, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -7.88, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 13.09, 233.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.028 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.04 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2437, 69.1156, 89.4018)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDEEC #ECCBBD

analogous

#BDECE2 #BDDEEC #BDC6EC

triadic

#BDDEEC #ECBDDE #DEECBD

tetradic

#BDDEEC #E2BDEC #ECCBBD #C6ECBD

square

#BDDEEC #E2BDEC #ECCBBD #C6ECBD

split-complementary

#BDDEEC #ECBDC6 #ECE2BD

monochromatic

#5EAED1 #8DC6DE #BDDEEC #E7F3F8 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BDDEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#BDDEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDEEC

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDEEC	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFD6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 222, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.040 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e8f2',
    500: '#bddeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddeec;
$custom-light: #d1e8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88108,
    "c": 0.03982,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDEEC

secondary

#C99984

accent

#5223C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDEEC

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

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