#BDC5CB#BDC5CB

#BDC5CB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.012 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5CB
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(206, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -1.59, -3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 4.26, 248.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0061 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.012 240)
XYZ	xyz(51.7298, 55.0627, 64.3912)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5CB #CBC3BD

analogous

#BDCBCA #BDC5CB #BDBECB

triadic

#BDC5CB #CBBDC5 #C5CBBD

tetradic

#BDC5CB #CABDCB #CBC3BD #BECBBD

square

#BDC5CB #CABDCB #CBC3BD #BECBBD

split-complementary

#BDC5CB #CBBDBE #CBCABD

monochromatic

#798995 #9BA7B0 #BDC5CB #DFE3E6 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BDC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5CB

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5CB	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.012 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6da',
    500: '#bdc5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5cb;
$custom-light: #d0d6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81901,
    "c": 0.01222,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.55063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5CB

secondary

#9F958D

accent

#6E5096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5CB

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

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