#BDC8CE#BDC8CE

#BDC8CE is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.015 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8CE
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(201, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -2.58, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 5.00, 238.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0092 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.015 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7788, 56.5830, 66.5216)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8CE #CEC3BD

analogous

#BDCECC #BDC8CE #BDC0CE

triadic

#BDC8CE #CEBDC8 #C8CEBD

tetradic

#BDC8CE #CCBDCE #CEC3BD #C0CEBD

square

#BDC8CE #CCBDCE #CEC3BD #C0CEBD

split-complementary

#BDC8CE #CEBDC0 #CECCBD

monochromatic

#778D9A #9AABB4 #BDC8CE #E0E5E8 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#BDC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8CE

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8CE	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.015 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8dc',
    500: '#bdc8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ce;
$custom-light: #d1d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8261,
    "c": 0.01475,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8CE

secondary

#A2948D

accent

#684D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8CE

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

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