#BDBDCB#BDBDCB

#BDBDCB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.020 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDCB
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(240, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 2.68, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 7.52, 290.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0054 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.02 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9613, 51.5256, 63.8017)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDCB #CBCBBD

analogous

#BDC4CB #BDBDCB #C4BDCB

triadic

#BDBDCB #CBBDBD #BDCBBD

tetradic

#BDBDCB #CBBDC4 #CBCBBD #BDCBC4

square

#BDBDCB #CBBDC4 #CBCBBD #BDCBC4

split-complementary

#BDBDCB #CBC4BD #C4CBBD

monochromatic

#797995 #9B9BB0 #BDBDCB #DFDFE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BDBDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDCB

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDCB	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.020 285.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80267,
    "c": 0.01955,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDCB

secondary

#9F9F8D

accent

#965096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDCB

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

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