#BDCDCB#BDCDCB

#BDCDCB is a very light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.018 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCDCB
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(173, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(173, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -5.79, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 5.86, 188.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0174 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.018 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5948, 58.7926, 65.0128)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCDCB #CDBDBF

analogous

#BDCDC3 #BDCDCB #BDC7CD

triadic

#BDCDCB #CBBDCD #CDCBBD

tetradic

#BDCDCB #C3BDCD #CDBDBF #C7CDBD

square

#BDCDCB #C3BDCD #CDBDBF #C7CDBD

split-complementary

#BDCDCB #CDBDC7 #CDC3BD

monochromatic

#779894 #9AB3B0 #BDCDCB #E0E7E6 #EEF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BDCDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BDCDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCDCB

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCDCB	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.018 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcda',
    500: '#bdcdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcdcb;
$custom-light: #d1dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83556,
    "c": 0.0176,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCDCB

secondary

#A18D90

accent

#4E5798

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCDCB

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

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