#BDC8CB#BDC8CB

#BDC8CB is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.013 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8CB
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(193, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -3.17, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 4.23, 221.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0104 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.013 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4178, 56.4386, 64.6205)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8CB #CBC0BD

analogous

#BDCBC7 #BDC8CB #BDC1CB

triadic

#BDC8CB #CBBDC8 #C8CBBD

tetradic

#BDC8CB #C7BDCB #CBC0BD #C1CBBD

square

#BDC8CB #C7BDCB #CBC0BD #C1CBBD

split-complementary

#BDC8CB #CBBDC1 #CBC7BD

monochromatic

#798F95 #9BABB0 #BDC8CB #DFE5E6 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDC8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#BDC8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8CB

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8CB	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.013 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8da',
    500: '#bdc8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8cb;
$custom-light: #d0d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82519,
    "c": 0.01281,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8CB

secondary

#9F918D

accent

#5F5096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8CB

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

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