#BDC8CF#BDC8CF

#BDC8CF is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.016 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8CF
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(203, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(203, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -2.39, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 5.34, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0088 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.016 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9006, 56.6318, 67.1634)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8CF #CFC4BD

analogous

#BDCFCD #BDC8CF #BDBFCF

triadic

#BDC8CF #CFBDC8 #C8CFBD

tetradic

#BDC8CF #CDBDCF #CFC4BD #BFCFBD

square

#BDC8CF #CDBDCF #CFC4BD #BFCFBD

split-complementary

#BDC8CF #CFBDBF #CFCDBD

monochromatic

#768D9B #9AAAB5 #BDC8CF #E0E6E9 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDC8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#BDC8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8CF

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8CF	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.016 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8dd',
    500: '#bdc8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8cf;
$custom-light: #d1d8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82641,
    "c": 0.01558,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8CF

secondary

#A3968D

accent

#6A4B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8CF

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

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