#BDBEC7#BDBEC7

#BDBEC7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.013 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC7
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(234, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(234, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 1.36, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 4.83, 286.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.0024 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.013 281)
XYZ	xyz(49.7066, 51.7691, 61.3955)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC7 #C7C6BD

analogous

#BDC3C7 #BDBEC7 #C1BDC7

triadic

#BDBEC7 #C7BDBE #BEC7BD

tetradic

#BDBEC7 #C7BDC3 #C7C6BD #BDC7C1

square

#BDBEC7 #C7BDC3 #C7C6BD #BDC7C1

split-complementary

#BDBEC7 #C7C1BD #C3C7BD

monochromatic

#7B7D8F #9C9DAB #BDBEC7 #DEDFE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BDBEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC7

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC7	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.013 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d8',
    500: '#bdbec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec7;
$custom-light: #d0d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80344,
    "c": 0.01261,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.51769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC7

secondary

#9A998E

accent

#8C5392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC7

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

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