#BDC3CB#BDC3CB

#BDC3CB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.013 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3CB
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(214, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(214, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -0.53, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 4.75, 263.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0033 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.013 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2787, 54.1604, 64.2408)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3CB #CBC5BD

analogous

#BDCACB #BDC3CB #BEBDCB

triadic

#BDC3CB #CBBDC3 #C3CBBD

tetradic

#BDC3CB #CBBDCA #CBC5BD #BDCBBE

square

#BDC3CB #CBBDCA #CBC5BD #BDCBBE

split-complementary

#BDC3CB #CBBEBD #CACBBD

monochromatic

#798595 #9BA4B0 #BDC3CB #DFE2E6 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BDC3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3CB

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3CB	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.013 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5da',
    500: '#bdc3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3cb;
$custom-light: #d0d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8149,
    "c": 0.01304,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3CB

secondary

#9F978D

accent

#785096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3CB

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

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