#BDCBD8#BDCBD8

#BDCBD8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.024 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCBD8
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 216)
HSL	hsl(209, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(209, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -2.16, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 8.36, 255.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0096 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.024 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7340, 58.4877, 73.3580)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCBD8 #D8CABD

analogous

#BDD8D8 #BDCBD8 #BDBED8

triadic

#BDCBD8 #D8BDCB #CBD8BD

tetradic

#BDCBD8 #D8BDD8 #D8CABD #BED8BD

square

#BDCBD8 #D8BDD8 #D8CABD #BED8BD

split-complementary

#BDCBD8 #D8BDBE #D8D8BD

monochromatic

#708EAB #97ADC1 #BDCBD8 #E3E9EF #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#BDCBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCBD8

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCBD8	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.024 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dae4',
    500: '#bdcbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcbd8;
$custom-light: #d1dae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83541,
    "c": 0.02379,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCBD8

secondary

#AE9C8B

accent

#7141A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCBD8

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

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