#BDC6CA#BDC6CA

#BDC6CA is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.011 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC6CA
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(198, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -2.31, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 3.84, 232.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0079 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.011 226)
XYZ	xyz(51.8388, 55.4708, 63.8415)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC6CA #CAC1BD

analogous

#BDCAC8 #BDC6CA #BDC0CA

triadic

#BDC6CA #CABDC6 #C6CABD

tetradic

#BDC6CA #C8BDCA #CAC1BD #C0CABD

square

#BDC6CA #C8BDCA #CAC1BD #C0CABD

split-complementary

#BDC6CA #CABDC0 #CAC8BD

monochromatic

#798B93 #9BA9AF #BDC6CA #DFE3E5 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDC6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BDC6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC6CA

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC6CA	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.011 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d7da',
    500: '#bdc6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc6ca;
$custom-light: #d0d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82076,
    "c": 0.01142,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.55471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC6CA

secondary

#9E938E

accent

#665195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC6CA

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

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