#BDDFD8Antiguan (#BDDFD8) is a very light, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 182°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.037. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #BDDFD8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 223, 216) |
| HSL | hsl(168, 35%, 81%) |
| HSV | hsv(168, 15%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15%, 0%, 3%, 13%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.3 -12.5 -0.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.877 0.037 182) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Antiguan shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c8daca — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#c5e0d3 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward green#bddfd8 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#bde0db — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward sky blueTest Antiguan in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.43:1 and against black 14.71:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#dafaf3 · #bddfd8 · #8ca9a3 · #69837e · #485f5a · #293c39
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#daf8ff · #aff2f4 · #bddfd8 · #98d2b9 · #94bc9b · #8fa681
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#bddfd8 · #a0bbcb · #6aa59a · #49819f · #31685f · #2b4554
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#bddfd8 · #a5b8b4 · #b57b8b · #375953 · #1d3b36 · #0b1e1b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#bddfd8 · #c0b7b9 · #798582 · #524c4e · #162320 · #020101
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#bddfd8 · #8fa09c · #304440 · #112723 · #000504 · #e64e86
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#bddfd8 · #8fa09c · #304440 · #112723 · #000504 · #f0bb4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#bddfd8 · #c7b4b8 · #a1737f · #6f3c4b · #37101d · #000201
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bddfd8 · #c7b4b8 · #977592 · #713d34 · #30122d · #050000
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#bddfd8 · #bcb7c6 · #887aa0 · #6b441f · #331800 · #020006
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#bddfd8 · #b4b9c9 · #7580a6 · #6f3c4b · #291e00 · #050001
#C5E3DD · #CDE7E2 · #D6EBE7 · #DEEFEC · #E6F3F0
#98B6B0 · #748F8A · #536A65 · #334743 · #162623
#C3DDD8 · #C8DBD7 · #CEDAD7
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.