#BDBCD0#BDBCD0

#BDBCD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.028 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD0
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(243, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 4.21, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 10.76, 293.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.0087 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.028 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3524, 51.3391, 66.9190)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD0 #CFD0BC

analogous

#BCC5D0 #BDBCD0 #C7BCD0

triadic

#BDBCD0 #D0BDBC #BCD0BD

tetradic

#BDBCD0 #D0BCC5 #CFD0BC #BCD0C7

square

#BDBCD0 #D0BCC5 #CFD0BC #BCD0C7

split-complementary

#BDBCD0 #D0C7BC #C5D0BC

monochromatic

#76749E #9A98B7 #BDBCD0 #E0E0E9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BDBCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD0

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD0	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.028 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0de',
    500: '#bdbcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd0;
$custom-light: #d1d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80227,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD0

secondary

#A3A58B

accent

#9C4A98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD0

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

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