#BDC9BE#BDC9BE

#BDC9BE is a very light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.020 H 147.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC9BE
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(125, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(125, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -6.15, 4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 7.38, 146.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0169 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.02 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1654, 56.3094, 56.8785)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC9BE #C9BDC8

analogous

#C2C9BD #BDC9BE #BDC9C4

triadic

#BDC9BE #BEBDC9 #C9BEBD

tetradic

#BDC9BE #BDC2C9 #C9BDC8 #C9C4BD

square

#BDC9BE #BDC2C9 #C9BDC8 #C9C4BD

split-complementary

#BDC9BE #C4BDC9 #C9BDC2

monochromatic

#7A927C #9BAD9D #BDC9BE #DFE5DF #EEF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BDC9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#BDC9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC9BE

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC9BE	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.020 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9d1',
    500: '#bdc9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc9be;
$custom-light: #d0d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8235,
    "c": 0.02003,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC9BE

secondary

#9D8E9B

accent

#518E94

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC9BE

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

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