#BDCDC8#BDCDC8

#BDCDC8 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.019 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCDC8
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(161, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(161, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -6.37, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 6.40, 174.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0186 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.019 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2407, 58.6509, 63.1482)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCDC8 #CDBDC2

analogous

#BDCDC0 #BDCDC8 #BDCACD

triadic

#BDCDC8 #C8BDCD #CDC8BD

tetradic

#BDCDC8 #C0BDCD #CDBDC2 #CACDBD

square

#BDCDC8 #C0BDCD #CDBDC2 #CACDBD

split-complementary

#BDCDC8 #CDBDCA #CDC0BD

monochromatic

#77988E #9AB3AB #BDCDC8 #E0E7E5 #EEF2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#BDCDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCDC8

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCDC8	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BACDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.019 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcd8',
    500: '#bdcdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcdc8;
$custom-light: #d1dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83468,
    "c": 0.0187,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCDC8

secondary

#A18D93

accent

#4E6598

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCDC8

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

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