#BDBDC7#BDBDC7

#BDBDC7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.014 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC7
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 199)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 1.89, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 5.37, 290.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0039 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.014 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4907, 51.3374, 61.3236)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC7 #C7C7BD

analogous

#BDC2C7 #BDBDC7 #C2BDC7

triadic

#BDBDC7 #C7BDBD #BDC7BD

tetradic

#BDBDC7 #C7BDC2 #C7C7BD #BDC7C2

square

#BDBDC7 #C7BDC2 #C7C7BD #BDC7C2

split-complementary

#BDBDC7 #C7C2BD #C2C7BD

monochromatic

#7B7B8F #9C9CAB #BDBDC7 #DEDEE3 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBDC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BDBDC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC7

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC7	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)

#BBBEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.014 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d8',
    500: '#bdbdc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc7;
$custom-light: #d0d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8014,
    "c": 0.01395,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC7

secondary

#9A9A8E

accent

#925392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC7

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

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