#BDC5CD#BDC5CD

#BDC5CD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.014 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5CD
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(210, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -1.19, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 5.09, 256.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0053 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.014 248)
XYZ	xyz(51.9697, 55.1586, 65.6545)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5CD #CDC5BD

analogous

#BDCDCD #BDC5CD #BDBDCD

triadic

#BDC5CD #CDBDC5 #C5CDBD

tetradic

#BDC5CD #CDBDCD #CDC5BD #BDCDBD

square

#BDC5CD #CDBDCD #CDC5BD #BDCDBD

split-complementary

#BDC5CD #CDBDBD #CDCDBD

monochromatic

#778898 #9AA6B3 #BDC5CD #E0E4E7 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BDC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5CD

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5CD	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.014 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6dc',
    500: '#bdc5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5cd;
$custom-light: #d0d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81963,
    "c": 0.01429,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.55159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5CD

secondary

#A1978D

accent

#734E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5CD

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

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