#BDD5CE#BDD5CE

#BDD5CE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.027 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD5CE
RGB	rgb(189, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(163, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(163, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -9.36, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 9.38, 175.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0274 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.027 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9185, 62.8625, 67.5681)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD5CE #D5BDC4

analogous

#BDD5C2 #BDD5CE #BDD0D5

triadic

#BDD5CE #CEBDD5 #D5CEBD

tetradic

#BDD5CE #C2BDD5 #D5BDC4 #D0D5BD

square

#BDD5CE #C2BDD5 #D5BDC4 #D0D5BD

split-complementary

#BDD5CE #D5BDD0 #D5C2BD

monochromatic

#72A596 #98BDB2 #BDD5CE #E2EDEA #ECF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BDD5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#BDD5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD5CE

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD5CE	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.027 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e2dc',
    500: '#bdd5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd5ce;
$custom-light: #d1e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85315,
    "c": 0.02745,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD5CE

secondary

#AB8C95

accent

#4560A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD5CE

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

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