#BDC5CE#BDC5CE

#BDC5CE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.015 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC5CE
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(212, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -1.00, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 5.53, 259.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.005 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.015 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0908, 55.2071, 66.2922)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC5CE #CEC6BD

analogous

#BDCECE #BDC5CE #BDBDCE

triadic

#BDC5CE #CEBDC5 #C5CEBD

tetradic

#BDC5CE #CEBDCE #CEC6BD #BDCEBD

square

#BDC5CE #CEBDCE #CEC6BD #BDCEBD

split-complementary

#BDC5CE #CEBDBD #CECEBD

monochromatic

#77879A #9AA6B4 #BDC5CE #E0E4E8 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDC5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BDC5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC5CE

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC5CE	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.015 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6dd',
    500: '#bdc5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc5ce;
$custom-light: #d0d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81994,
    "c": 0.01541,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC5CE

secondary

#A2988D

accent

#754D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC5CE

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

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