#BDC8CC#BDC8CC

#BDC8CC is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.013 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8CC
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(196, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -2.98, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 4.44, 227.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.01 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.013 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5373, 56.4864, 65.2501)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8CC #CCC1BD

analogous

#BDCCC9 #BDC8CC #BDC1CC

triadic

#BDC8CC #CCBDC8 #C8CCBD

tetradic

#BDC8CC #C9BDCC #CCC1BD #C1CCBD

square

#BDC8CC #C9BDCC #CCC1BD #C1CCBD

split-complementary

#BDC8CC #CCBDC1 #CCC9BD

monochromatic

#788E97 #9AABB1 #BDC8CC #E0E5E7 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDC8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#BDC8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8CC

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8CC	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.013 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8db',
    500: '#bdc8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8cc;
$custom-light: #d0d8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82549,
    "c": 0.01334,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8CC

secondary

#A0928D

accent

#624F97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8CC

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

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