#BDCDC9#BDCDC9

#BDCDC9 is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.018 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCDC9
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(165, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(165, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -6.17, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 6.18, 178.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0182 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.018 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3580, 58.6978, 63.7657)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCDC9 #CDBDC1

analogous

#BDCDC1 #BDCDC9 #BDC9CD

triadic

#BDCDC9 #C9BDCD #CDC9BD

tetradic

#BDCDC9 #C1BDCD #CDBDC1 #C9CDBD

square

#BDCDC9 #C1BDCD #CDBDC1 #C9CDBD

split-complementary

#BDCDC9 #CDBDC9 #CDC1BD

monochromatic

#779890 #9AB3AD #BDCDC9 #E0E7E5 #EEF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#BDCDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCDC9

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCDC9	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.018 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcd9',
    500: '#bdcdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcdc9;
$custom-light: #d1dcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83497,
    "c": 0.01823,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCDC9

secondary

#A18D92

accent

#4E6098

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCDC9

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

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