#BDC9CD#BDC9CD

#BDC9CD is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.014 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC9CD
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(195, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -3.31, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 4.74, 225.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.011 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.014 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8900, 56.9993, 65.9613)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC9CD #CDC1BD

analogous

#BDCDC9 #BDC9CD #BDC1CD

triadic

#BDC9CD #CDBDC9 #C9CDBD

tetradic

#BDC9CD #C9BDCD #CDC1BD #C1CDBD

square

#BDC9CD #C9BDCD #CDC1BD #C1CDBD

split-complementary

#BDC9CD #CDBDC1 #CDC9BD

monochromatic

#779098 #9AADB3 #BDC9CD #E0E5E7 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BDC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC9CD

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC9CD	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.014 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9dc',
    500: '#bdc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc9cd;
$custom-light: #d0d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82786,
    "c": 0.01432,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC9CD

secondary

#A1928D

accent

#604E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC9CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →