#BDD8CD#BDD8CD

#BDD8CD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.033 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD8CD
RGB	rgb(189, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(156, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(156, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -11.09, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 11.34, 167.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0319 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.033 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5590, 64.3372, 67.1843)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD8CD #D8BDC8

analogous

#BDD8C0 #BDD8CD #BDD6D8

triadic

#BDD8CD #CDBDD8 #D8CDBD

tetradic

#BDD8CD #C0BDD8 #D8BDC8 #D6D8BD

square

#BDD8CD #C0BDD8 #D8BDC8 #D6D8BD

split-complementary

#BDD8CD #D8BDD6 #D8C0BD

monochromatic

#70AB93 #97C1B0 #BDD8CD #E3EFEA #ECF4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BDD8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#BDD8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD8CD

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD8CD	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.033 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4dc',
    500: '#bdd8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd8cd;
$custom-light: #d1e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.556,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85917,
    "c": 0.03251,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD8CD

secondary

#AE8B99

accent

#416AA4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFCFC

border

#D4D5D5

text

#141515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD8CD

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

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