#BDC2C8#BDC2C8

#BDC2C8 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.010 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC2C8
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(213, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(213, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -0.58, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 3.65, 260.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.003 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.01 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7014, 53.5722, 62.3017)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC2C8 #C8C3BD

analogous

#BDC8C8 #BDC2C8 #BEBDC8

triadic

#BDC2C8 #C8BDC2 #C2C8BD

tetradic

#BDC2C8 #C8BDC8 #C8C3BD #BDC8BE

square

#BDC2C8 #C8BDC8 #C8C3BD #BDC8BE

split-complementary

#BDC2C8 #C8BEBD #C8C8BD

monochromatic

#7A8490 #9CA3AC #BDC2C8 #DEE1E4 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDC2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BDC2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC2C8

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC2C8	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.010 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4d8',
    500: '#bdc2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc2c8;
$custom-light: #d0d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81193,
    "c": 0.01009,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC2C8

secondary

#9B958E

accent

#765293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC2C8

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

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