#BDCBD5#BDCBD5

#BDCBD5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.021 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBD5
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(205, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -2.77, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 7.15, 247.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0108 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.021 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3497, 58.3340, 71.3341)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBD5 #D5C7BD

analogous

#BDD5D3 #BDCBD5 #BDBFD5

triadic

#BDCBD5 #D5BDCB #CBD5BD

tetradic

#BDCBD5 #D3BDD5 #D5C7BD #BFD5BD

square

#BDCBD5 #D3BDD5 #D5C7BD #BFD5BD

split-complementary

#BDCBD5 #D5BDBF #D5D3BD

monochromatic

#7290A5 #98AEBD #BDCBD5 #E2E8ED #ECF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BDCBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#BDCBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBD5

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBD5	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.021 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dae1',
    500: '#bdcbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbd5;
$custom-light: #d1dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83446,
    "c": 0.02075,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBD5

secondary

#AB998C

accent

#6B45A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBD5

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

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