#BDBEC8#BDBEC8

#BDBEC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.014 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC8
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(235, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 1.55, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 5.37, 286.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% 0.0028 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.014 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8231, 51.8157, 62.0090)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC8 #C8C7BD

analogous

#BDC4C8 #BDBEC8 #C2BDC8

triadic

#BDBEC8 #C8BDBE #BEC8BD

tetradic

#BDBEC8 #C8BDC4 #C8C7BD #BDC8C2

square

#BDBEC8 #C8BDC4 #C8C7BD #BDC8C2

split-complementary

#BDBEC8 #C8C2BD #C4C8BD

monochromatic

#7A7C90 #9C9DAC #BDBEC8 #DEDFE4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BDBEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC8

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC8	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.014 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d8',
    500: '#bdbec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec8;
$custom-light: #d0d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80375,
    "c": 0.01401,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC8

secondary

#9B9A8E

accent

#8D5293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC8

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

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