#BDCBC9#BDCBC9

#BDCBC9 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.016 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBC9
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(171, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(171, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -5.13, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 5.17, 187.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0154 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.016 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8826, 57.7471, 63.6072)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBC9 #CBBDBF

analogous

#BDCBC2 #BDCBC9 #BDC6CB

triadic

#BDCBC9 #C9BDCB #CBC9BD

tetradic

#BDCBC9 #C2BDCB #CBBDBF #C6CBBD

square

#BDCBC9 #C2BDCB #CBBDBF #C6CBBD

split-complementary

#BDCBC9 #CBBDC6 #CBC2BD

monochromatic

#799591 #9BB0AD #BDCBC9 #DFE6E5 #EEF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BDCBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#BDCBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBC9

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBC9	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BACCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.016 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dad9',
    500: '#bdcbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbc9;
$custom-light: #d0dad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83081,
    "c": 0.01551,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBC9

secondary

#9F8D90

accent

#505A96

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBC9

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

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