#BDE4E8#BDE4E8

#BDE4E8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.041 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE4E8
RGB	rgb(189, 228, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(186, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -11.79, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 13.30, 207.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0374 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.041 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.2911, 72.1298, 86.9161)
Luminance	0.7213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE4E8 #E8C1BD

analogous

#BDE8D6 #BDE4E8 #BDCFE8

triadic

#BDE4E8 #E8BDE4 #E4E8BD

tetradic

#BDE4E8 #D6BDE8 #E8C1BD #CFE8BD

square

#BDE4E8 #D6BDE8 #E8C1BD #CFE8BD

split-complementary

#BDE4E8 #E8BDCF #E8D6BD

monochromatic

#62BFC8 #90D1D8 #BDE4E8 #E8F6F7 #E8F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#BDE4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#BDE4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE4E8

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE4E8	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 228, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.041 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ecef',
    500: '#bde4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde4e8;
$custom-light: #d1ecef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89234,
    "c": 0.041,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE4E8

secondary

#C38C86

accent

#372ABC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE4E8

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

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