#BDC8CD#BDC8CD

#BDC8CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.014 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8CD
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(199, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -2.78, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 4.70, 233.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0096 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.014 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6577, 56.5346, 65.8838)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8CD #CDC2BD

analogous

#BDCDCA #BDC8CD #BDC0CD

triadic

#BDC8CD #CDBDC8 #C8CDBD

tetradic

#BDC8CD #CABDCD #CDC2BD #C0CDBD

square

#BDC8CD #CABDCD #CDC2BD #C0CDBD

split-complementary

#BDC8CD #CDBDC0 #CDCABD

monochromatic

#778E98 #9AABB3 #BDC8CD #E0E5E7 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#BDC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8CD

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8CD	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.014 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8dc',
    500: '#bdc8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8cd;
$custom-light: #d0d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8258,
    "c": 0.01398,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8CD

secondary

#A1938D

accent

#654E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8CD

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

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