#BDD5CA#BDD5CA

#BDD5CA is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.030 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD5CA
RGB	rgb(189, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(153, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(153, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -10.12, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 10.48, 164.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.029 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.03 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4388, 62.6706, 65.0415)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD5CA #D5BDC8

analogous

#BDD5BE #BDD5CA #BDD4D5

triadic

#BDD5CA #CABDD5 #D5CABD

tetradic

#BDD5CA #BEBDD5 #D5BDC8 #D4D5BD

square

#BDD5CA #BEBDD5 #D5BDC8 #D4D5BD

split-complementary

#BDD5CA #D5BDD4 #D5BEBD

monochromatic

#72A58E #98BDAC #BDD5CA #E2EDE8 #ECF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BDD5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#BDD5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD5CA

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD5CA	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.030 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e2da',
    500: '#bdd5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd5ca;
$custom-light: #d1e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.5,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85201,
    "c": 0.02983,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD5CA

secondary

#AB8C9A

accent

#456FA1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD5CA

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

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