#BDE8FF#BDE8FF

#BDE8FF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.055 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE8FF
RGB	rgb(189, 232, 255)
HSL	hsl(201, 100%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(201, 26%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -8.84, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 18.00, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.034 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.055 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.8876, 75.7494, 105.6325)
Luminance	0.7575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE8FF #FFD4BD

analogous

#BDFFF5 #BDE8FF #BDC7FF

triadic

#BDE8FF #FFBDE8 #E8FFBD

tetradic

#BDE8FF #F5BDFF #FFD4BD #C7FFBD

square

#BDE8FF #F5BDFF #FFD4BD #C7FFBD

split-complementary

#BDE8FF #FFBDC7 #FFF5BD

monochromatic

#43BDFF #80D3FF #BDE8FF #E0F4FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#BDE8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#BDE8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE8FF

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE8FF	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDE6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3DEFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9EEEF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 232, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.055 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2efff',
    500: '#bde8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde8ff;
$custom-light: #d2efff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.909,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90807,
    "c": 0.05462,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE8FF

secondary

#E79F79

accent

#5000E6

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#141618

muted

#838586

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE8FF

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

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