#BDE4FF#BDE4FF

#BDE4FF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.055 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE4FF
RGB	rgb(189, 228, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(205, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -6.79, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 18.53, 248.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0289 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.055 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.7744, 73.5231, 105.2615)
Luminance	0.7353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE4FF #FFD8BD

analogous

#BDFFF9 #BDE4FF #BDC3FF

triadic

#BDE4FF #FFBDE4 #E4FFBD

tetradic

#BDE4FF #F9BDFF #FFD8BD #C3FFBD

square

#BDE4FF #F9BDFF #FFD8BD #C3FFBD

split-complementary

#BDE4FF #FFBDC3 #FFF9BD

monochromatic

#43B2FF #80CBFF #BDE4FF #E0F2FF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#BDE4FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#BDE4FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE4FF

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE4FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE4FF	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8E3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFDBFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAEBEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde4ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 228, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.055 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ecff',
    500: '#bde4ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde4ff;
$custom-light: #d2ecff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde4ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89981,
    "c": 0.05521,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE4FF

secondary

#E7A679

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#141618

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE4FF

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

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