#BDC8CA#BDC8CA

#BDC8CA is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.012 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8CA
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(189, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -3.36, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 4.07, 214.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0108 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.012 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2990, 56.3911, 63.9949)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8CA #CABFBD

analogous

#BDCAC6 #BDC8CA #BDC2CA

triadic

#BDC8CA #CABDC8 #C8CABD

tetradic

#BDC8CA #C6BDCA #CABFBD #C2CABD

square

#BDC8CA #C6BDCA #CABFBD #C2CABD

split-complementary

#BDC8CA #CABDC2 #CAC6BD

monochromatic

#798F93 #9BACAF #BDC8CA #DFE4E5 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDC8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BDC8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8CA

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8CA	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.012 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8da',
    500: '#bdc8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ca;
$custom-light: #d0d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82489,
    "c": 0.01242,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8CA

secondary

#9E908E

accent

#5B5195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8CA

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

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