#BDCED5#BDCED5

#BDCED5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.021 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCED5
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(198, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -4.34, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 6.95, 231.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.015 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.021 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0650, 59.7646, 71.5725)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCED5 #D5C4BD

analogous

#BDD5D0 #BDCED5 #BDC2D5

triadic

#BDCED5 #D5BDCE #CED5BD

tetradic

#BDCED5 #D0BDD5 #D5C4BD #C2D5BD

square

#BDCED5 #D0BDD5 #D5C4BD #C2D5BD

split-complementary

#BDCED5 #D5BDC2 #D5D0BD

monochromatic

#7296A5 #98B2BD #BDCED5 #E2EAED #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDCED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#BDCED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCED5

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCED5	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.021 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dde1',
    500: '#bdced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdced5;
$custom-light: #d1dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84065,
    "c": 0.02092,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCED5

secondary

#AB958C

accent

#6045A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCED5

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

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