#BDBDCA#BDBDCA

#BDBDCA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.018 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDCA
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(240, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 2.48, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 6.98, 290.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.005 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.018 286)
XYZ	xyz(49.8425, 51.4781, 63.1761)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDCA #CACABD

analogous

#BDC4CA #BDBDCA #C4BDCA

triadic

#BDBDCA #CABDBD #BDCABD

tetradic

#BDBDCA #CABDC4 #CACABD #BDCAC4

square

#BDBDCA #CABDC4 #CACABD #BDCAC4

split-complementary

#BDBDCA #CAC4BD #C4CABD

monochromatic

#797993 #9B9BAF #BDBDCA #DFDFE5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BDBDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDCA

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDCA	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.018 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0da',
    500: '#bdbdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdca;
$custom-light: #d0d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.01815,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.51478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDCA

secondary

#9E9E8E

accent

#955195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDCA

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

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