#BDC4CB#BDC4CB

#BDC4CB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.013 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4CB
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(210, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -1.06, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 4.46, 256.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0047 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.013 248)
XYZ	xyz(51.5035, 54.6100, 64.3157)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4CB #CBC4BD

analogous

#BDCBCB #BDC4CB #BDBDCB

triadic

#BDC4CB #CBBDC4 #C4CBBD

tetradic

#BDC4CB #CBBDCB #CBC4BD #BDCBBD

square

#BDC4CB #CBBDCB #CBC4BD #BDCBBD

split-complementary

#BDC4CB #CBBDBD #CBCBBD

monochromatic

#798795 #9BA5B0 #BDC4CB #DFE3E6 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDC4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#BDC4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4CB

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4CB	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.013 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5da',
    500: '#bdc4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4cb;
$custom-light: #d0d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81695,
    "c": 0.01251,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.5461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4CB

secondary

#9F968D

accent

#735096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4CB

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

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