#BDC7CD#BDC7CD

#BDC7CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.014 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC7CD
RGB	rgb(189, 199, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(203, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -2.25, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 4.74, 241.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0082 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.014 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4268, 56.0729, 65.8069)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC7CD #CDC3BD

analogous

#BDCDCB #BDC7CD #BDBFCD

triadic

#BDC7CD #CDBDC7 #C7CDBD

tetradic

#BDC7CD #CBBDCD #CDC3BD #BFCDBD

square

#BDC7CD #CBBDCD #CDC3BD #BFCDBD

split-complementary

#BDC7CD #CDBDBF #CDCBBD

monochromatic

#778C98 #9AA9B3 #BDC7CD #E0E5E7 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDC7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BDC7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC7CD

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC7CD	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 199, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.014 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8dc',
    500: '#bdc7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc7cd;
$custom-light: #d0d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82374,
    "c": 0.01387,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC7CD

secondary

#A1958D

accent

#694E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC7CD

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

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