#BDBDC8#BDBDC8

#BDBDC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.015 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC8
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, 2.09, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 5.90, 290.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0042 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.015 286)
XYZ	xyz(49.6072, 51.3840, 61.9370)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC8 #C8C8BD

analogous

#BDC3C8 #BDBDC8 #C3BDC8

triadic

#BDBDC8 #C8BDBD #BDC8BD

tetradic

#BDBDC8 #C8BDC3 #C8C8BD #BDC8C3

square

#BDBDC8 #C8BDC3 #C8C8BD #BDC8C3

split-complementary

#BDBDC8 #C8C3BD #C3C8BD

monochromatic

#7A7A90 #9C9CAC #BDBDC8 #DEDEE4 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BDBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.015 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d8',
    500: '#bdbdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc8;
$custom-light: #d0d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80172,
    "c": 0.01535,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.51384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC8

secondary

#9B9B8E

accent

#935293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC8

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

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