#BDC5CA#BDC5CA

#BDC5CA is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.011 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5CA
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(203, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -1.78, -3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 3.88, 242.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0065 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.011 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6110, 55.0152, 63.7656)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5CA #CAC2BD

analogous

#BDCAC9 #BDC5CA #BDBFCA

triadic

#BDC5CA #CABDC5 #C5CABD

tetradic

#BDC5CA #C9BDCA #CAC2BD #BFCABD

square

#BDC5CA #C9BDCA #CAC2BD #BFCABD

split-complementary

#BDC5CA #CABDBF #CAC9BD

monochromatic

#798993 #9BA7AF #BDC5CA #DFE3E5 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BDC5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5CA

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5CA	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.011 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6da',
    500: '#bdc5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5ca;
$custom-light: #d0d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8187,
    "c": 0.0113,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5CA

secondary

#9E948E

accent

#6B5195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5CA

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

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