#BDE5EA#BDE5EA

#BDE5EA is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.042 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE5EA
RGB	rgb(189, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(187, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -11.88, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 13.66, 209.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.038 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.042 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.8527, 72.7959, 88.5127)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE5EA #EAC2BD

analogous

#BDEAD8 #BDE5EA #BDCEEA

triadic

#BDE5EA #EABDE5 #E5EABD

tetradic

#BDE5EA #D8BDEA #EAC2BD #CEEABD

square

#BDE5EA #D8BDEA #EAC2BD #CEEABD

split-complementary

#BDE5EA #EABDCE #EAD8BD

monochromatic

#60C0CC #8FD3DB #BDE5EA #E8F6F8 #E8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#BDE5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#BDE5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE5EA

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE5EA	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E8E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.042 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1edf0',
    500: '#bde5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde5ea;
$custom-light: #d1edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89505,
    "c": 0.04215,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE5EA

secondary

#C68C85

accent

#3726BF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFDFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141616

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE5EA

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

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