#BDC4CD#BDC4CD

#BDC4CD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.015 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4CD
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -0.66, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 5.37, 262.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0039 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.015 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7434, 54.7060, 65.5790)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4CD #CDC6BD

analogous

#BDCCCD #BDC4CD #BEBDCD

triadic

#BDC4CD #CDBDC4 #C4CDBD

tetradic

#BDC4CD #CDBDCC #CDC6BD #BDCDBE

square

#BDC4CD #CDBDCC #CDC6BD #BDCDBE

split-complementary

#BDC4CD #CDBEBD #CCCDBD

monochromatic

#778698 #9AA5B3 #BDC4CD #E0E3E7 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#BDC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4CD

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4CD	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.015 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5dc',
    500: '#bdc4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4cd;
$custom-light: #d0d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81757,
    "c": 0.01481,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4CD

secondary

#A1988D

accent

#774E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4CD

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

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