#BDBBC8#BDBBC8

#BDBBC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.018 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBC8
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 7%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 3.16, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 7.04, 296.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0072 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.018 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1800, 50.5295, 61.7946)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBC8 #C6C8BB

analogous

#BBBFC8 #BDBBC8 #C3BBC8

triadic

#BDBBC8 #C8BDBB #BBC8BD

tetradic

#BDBBC8 #C8BBBF #C6C8BB #BBC8C3

square

#BDBBC8 #C8BBBF #C6C8BB #BBC8C3

split-complementary

#BDBBC8 #C8C3BB #BFC8BB

monochromatic

#7B7791 #9C99AD #BDBBC8 #DEDDE3 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BDBBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBC8

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBC8	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.018 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd8',
    500: '#bdbbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbc8;
$custom-light: #d0cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 10.569,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79766,
    "c": 0.01826,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBC8

secondary

#999C8C

accent

#95518A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBC8

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

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