#BDBACE#BDBACE

#BDBACE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.028 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBACE
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(249, 17%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 4.89, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 10.83, 296.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0108 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.028 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6836, 50.3927, 65.4898)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBACE #CBCEBA

analogous

#BAC1CE #BDBACE #C7BACE

triadic

#BDBACE #CEBDBA #BACEBD

tetradic

#BDBACE #CEBAC1 #CBCEBA #BACEC7

square

#BDBACE #CEBAC1 #CBCEBA #BACEC7

split-complementary

#BDBACE #CEC7BA #C1CEBA

monochromatic

#79729B #9B96B5 #BDBACE #DFDEE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BDBACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBACE

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBACE	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.028 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cedd',
    500: '#bdbace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbace;
$custom-light: #d1cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 16.949,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79758,
    "c": 0.02813,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBACE

secondary

#9FA38A

accent

#9B4A8F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBACE

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

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