#bdc7c8

Color #bdc7c8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light cyan.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.06 Nearest Tailwind class mist-300 #d0d6d8 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bdc7c8

RGB

rgb(189, 199, 200)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 9.1%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 5.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(79.52, -3.22, -1.68)

LCH

lch(79.52, 3.63, 207.55)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.0111, 204.02)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 74.1%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8bebd

Analogous

#bdc8c4

#bdc7c8

#bdc2c8

Triadic

#bdc7c8

#c8bdc7

#c7c8bd

Split-complementary

#bdc7c8

#c8bdc2

#c8c4bd

Tetradic

#bdc7c8

#bebdc8

#c8bebd

#c7c8bd

Square

#bdc7c8

#c4bdc8

#c8bebd

#c2c8bd

Shades

Color #bdc7c8 mixed toward black.

#9aa9ab

#768b8d

#58696a

#3b4647

#1d2323

Tints

Color #bdc7c8 mixed toward white.

#c8d0d1

#d3dada

#dee3e4

#e9eced

#f4f6f6

Tones

Color #bdc7c8 mixed toward gray.

#bec6c7

#bfc6c6

#c0c5c5

#c1c4c4

#c2c3c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c2c8 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#c1c0c8 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#bec8c8 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 4.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bdc7c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdc7c8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#bdc7c8 (#bdc7c8) is rgb(189, 199, 200) in RGB.

No, #bdc7c8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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