#BDC3CA#BDC3CA

#BDC3CA is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.012 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3CA
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(212, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(212, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -0.72, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 4.28, 260.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0036 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.012 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1599, 54.1129, 63.6152)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3CA #CAC4BD

analogous

#BDCACA #BDC3CA #BEBDCA

triadic

#BDC3CA #CABDC3 #C3CABD

tetradic

#BDC3CA #CABDCA #CAC4BD #BDCABE

square

#BDC3CA #CABDCA #CAC4BD #BDCABE

split-complementary

#BDC3CA #CABEBD #CACABD

monochromatic

#798593 #9BA4AF #BDC3CA #DFE2E5 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDC3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#BDC3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3CA

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3CA	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.012 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5da',
    500: '#bdc3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3ca;
$custom-light: #d0d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81459,
    "c": 0.01186,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3CA

secondary

#9E968E

accent

#755195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3CA

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

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