#BDE3EB#BDE3EB

#BDE3EB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.041 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE3EB
RGB	rgb(189, 227, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(190, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -10.65, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 13.33, 216.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.035 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.041 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.4466, 71.7531, 89.0880)
Luminance	0.7176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE3EB #EBC5BD

analogous

#BDEBDC #BDE3EB #BDCCEB

triadic

#BDE3EB #EBBDE3 #E3EBBD

tetradic

#BDE3EB #DCBDEB #EBC5BD #CCEBBD

square

#BDE3EB #DCBDEB #EBC5BD #CCEBBD

split-complementary

#BDE3EB #EBBDCC #EBDCBD

monochromatic

#5FBBCF #8ECFDD #BDE3EB #E8F5F8 #E8F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#BDE3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#BDE3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE3EB

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE3EB	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 227, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.041 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ebf1',
    500: '#bde3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde3eb;
$custom-light: #d1ebf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89118,
    "c": 0.04116,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE3EB

secondary

#C79085

accent

#4025C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE3EB

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

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