#BDC7CA#BDC7CA

#BDC7CA is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.012 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC7CA
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(194, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -2.84, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 3.90, 223.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0093 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.012 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0682, 55.9294, 63.9180)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC7CA #CAC0BD

analogous

#BDCAC7 #BDC7CA #BDC1CA

triadic

#BDC7CA #CABDC7 #C7CABD

tetradic

#BDC7CA #C7BDCA #CAC0BD #C1CABD

square

#BDC7CA #C7BDCA #CAC0BD #C1CABD

split-complementary

#BDC7CA #CABDC1 #CAC7BD

monochromatic

#798D93 #9BAAAF #BDC7CA #DFE4E5 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDC7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BDC7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC7CA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC7CA	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.012 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8da',
    500: '#bdc7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc7ca;
$custom-light: #d0d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82282,
    "c": 0.01179,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC7CA

secondary

#9E918E

accent

#605195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC7CA

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

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