#BDC8BD#BDC8BD

#BDC8BD is a very light, near-neutral green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.019 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8BD
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(120, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(120, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -5.81, 4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 7.17, 144.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0159 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.019 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8242, 55.8012, 56.2274)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8BD #C8BDC8

analogous

#C3C8BD #BDC8BD #BDC8C3

triadic

#BDC8BD #BDBDC8 #C8BDBD

tetradic

#BDC8BD #BDC3C8 #C8BDC8 #C8C3BD

square

#BDC8BD #BDC3C8 #C8BDC8 #C8C3BD

split-complementary

#BDC8BD #C3BDC8 #C8BDC3

monochromatic

#7A907A #9CAC9C #BDC8BD #DEE4DE #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDC8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BDC8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8BD

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8BD	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.019 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8d0',
    500: '#bdc8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8bd;
$custom-light: #d0d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82114,
    "c": 0.01935,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8BD

secondary

#9B8E9B

accent

#529393

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8BD

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

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