#BDD5CB#BDD5CB

#BDD5CB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.029 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD5CB
RGB	rgb(189, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(155, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(155, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -9.93, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 10.18, 167.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0286 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.029 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5576, 62.7181, 65.6671)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD5CB #D5BDC7

analogous

#BDD5BF #BDD5CB #BDD3D5

triadic

#BDD5CB #CBBDD5 #D5CBBD

tetradic

#BDD5CB #BFBDD5 #D5BDC7 #D3D5BD

square

#BDD5CB #BFBDD5 #D5BDC7 #D3D5BD

split-complementary

#BDD5CB #D5BDD3 #D5BFBD

monochromatic

#72A590 #98BDAE #BDD5CB #E2EDE8 #ECF3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BDD5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#BDD5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD5CB

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD5CB	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.029 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e2da',
    500: '#bdd5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd5cb;
$custom-light: #d1e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85229,
    "c": 0.02916,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD5CB

secondary

#AB8C99

accent

#456BA1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFB

border

#D4D5D4

text

#141514

muted

#838483

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD5CB

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

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