#BDE4EF#BDE4EF

#BDE4EF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.043 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE4EF
RGB	rgb(189, 228, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(193, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -10.31, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 14.05, 222.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0348 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.043 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3053, 72.5355, 92.2572)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE4EF #EFC8BD

analogous

#BDEFE1 #BDE4EF #BDCBEF

triadic

#BDE4EF #EFBDE4 #E4EFBD

tetradic

#BDE4EF #E1BDEF #EFC8BD #CBEFBD

square

#BDE4EF #E1BDEF #EFC8BD #CBEFBD

split-complementary

#BDE4EF #EFBDCB #EFE1BD

monochromatic

#5ABCD7 #8CD0E3 #BDE4EF #E6F5F9 #E6F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#BDE4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#BDE4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE4EF

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE4EF	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 228, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.043 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ecf4',
    500: '#bde4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde4ef;
$custom-light: #d1ecf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89453,
    "c": 0.04337,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE4EF

secondary

#CD9383

accent

#431DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE4EF

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

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