#BDCED9#BDCED9

#BDCED9 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.024 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCED9
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(204, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -3.53, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 8.20, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0134 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.024 236)
XYZ	xyz(55.5790, 59.9702, 74.2794)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCED9 #D9C8BD

analogous

#BDD9D6 #BDCED9 #BDC0D9

triadic

#BDCED9 #D9BDCE #CED9BD

tetradic

#BDCED9 #D6BDD9 #D9C8BD #C0D9BD

square

#BDCED9 #D6BDD9 #D9C8BD #C0D9BD

split-complementary

#BDCED9 #D9BDC0 #D9D6BD

monochromatic

#6F94AC #96B1C3 #BDCED9 #E4EBEF #ECF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDCED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#BDCED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCED9

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCED9	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.024 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dce4',
    500: '#bdced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdced9;
$custom-light: #d1dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8419,
    "c": 0.02405,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.59971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCED9

secondary

#B0998B

accent

#6840A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCED9

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

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