#BDBBC9#BDBBC9

#BDBBC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.020 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBC9
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(249, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 3.36, -6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 7.57, 296.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0075 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.02 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2972, 50.5764, 62.4121)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBC9 #C7C9BB

analogous

#BBC0C9 #BDBBC9 #C4BBC9

triadic

#BDBBC9 #C9BDBB #BBC9BD

tetradic

#BDBBC9 #C9BBC0 #C7C9BB #BBC9C4

square

#BDBBC9 #C9BBC0 #C7C9BB #BBC9C4

split-complementary

#BDBBC9 #C9C4BB #C0C9BB

monochromatic

#7B7793 #9C99AE #BDBBC9 #DEDDE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDBBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBC9

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBC9	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.020 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfd9',
    500: '#bdbbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbc9;
$custom-light: #d0cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.01966,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBC9

secondary

#9A9D8C

accent

#96508C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBC9

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

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