#BDC9BC#BDC9BC

#BDC9BC is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.022 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC9BC
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(115, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(115, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -6.51, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 8.26, 142.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0178 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.022 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9483, 56.2226, 55.7351)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC9BC #C8BCC9

analogous

#C4C9BC #BDC9BC #BCC9C2

triadic

#BDC9BC #BCBDC9 #C9BCBD

tetradic

#BDC9BC #BCC4C9 #C8BCC9 #C9C2BC

square

#BDC9BC #BCC4C9 #C8BCC9 #C9C2BC

split-complementary

#BDC9BC #C2BCC9 #C9BCC4

monochromatic

#7A9278 #9CAE9A #BDC9BC #DEE4DE #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDC9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BDC9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC9BC

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC9BC	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.022 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9d0',
    500: '#bdc9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc9bc;
$custom-light: #d0d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.385,
    "s": 10.744,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82295,
    "c": 0.02218,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC9BC

secondary

#9B8D9D

accent

#519590

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC9BC

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

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