#BDC5CC#BDC5CC

#BDC5CC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.013 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5CC
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(208, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -1.39, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 4.66, 252.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0057 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.013 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8494, 55.1105, 65.0208)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5CC #CCC4BD

analogous

#BDCCCC #BDC5CC #BDBECC

triadic

#BDC5CC #CCBDC5 #C5CCBD

tetradic

#BDC5CC #CCBDCC #CCC4BD #BECCBD

square

#BDC5CC #CCBDCC #CCC4BD #BECCBD

split-complementary

#BDC5CC #CCBDBE #CCCCBD

monochromatic

#788897 #9AA7B1 #BDC5CC #E0E3E7 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BDC5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5CC

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5CC	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.013 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6db',
    500: '#bdc5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5cc;
$custom-light: #d0d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81932,
    "c": 0.01322,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5CC

secondary

#A0968D

accent

#704F97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5CC

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

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