#BDBDC9#BDBDC9

#BDBDC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.017 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDC9
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 2.28, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 6.44, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% 0.0046 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.017 286)
XYZ	xyz(49.7245, 51.4309, 62.5545)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDC9 #C9C9BD

analogous

#BDC3C9 #BDBDC9 #C3BDC9

triadic

#BDBDC9 #C9BDBD #BDC9BD

tetradic

#BDBDC9 #C9BDC3 #C9C9BD #BDC9C3

square

#BDBDC9 #C9BDC3 #C9C9BD #BDC9C3

split-complementary

#BDBDC9 #C9C3BD #C3C9BD

monochromatic

#7A7A92 #9B9BAD #BDBDC9 #DFDFE5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BDBDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDC9

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDC9	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.017 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0d9',
    500: '#bdbdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdc9;
$custom-light: #d0d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80203,
    "c": 0.01675,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.51431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDC9

secondary

#9D9D8E

accent

#945194

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDC9

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

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