#BDBDCD#BDBDCD

#BDBDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.022 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDCD
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 3.07, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 8.59, 290.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% 0.0061 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.022 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2011, 51.6215, 65.0650)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDCD #CDCDBD

analogous

#BDC5CD #BDBDCD #C5BDCD

triadic

#BDBDCD #CDBDBD #BDCDBD

tetradic

#BDBDCD #CDBDC5 #CDCDBD #BDCDC5

square

#BDBDCD #CDBDC5 #CDCDBD #BDCDC5

split-complementary

#BDBDCD #CDC5BD #C5CDBD

monochromatic

#777798 #9A9AB3 #BDBDCD #E0E0E7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BDBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDCD

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDCD	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.022 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0dc',
    500: '#bdbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdcd;
$custom-light: #d0d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80331,
    "c": 0.02235,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDCD

secondary

#A1A18D

accent

#984E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDCD

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

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