#BDBEC9#BDBEC9

#BDBEC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.015 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEC9
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(235, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, 1.75, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 5.90, 287.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% 0.0032 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.015 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9403, 51.8626, 62.6265)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEC9 #C9C8BD

analogous

#BDC4C9 #BDBEC9 #C2BDC9

triadic

#BDBEC9 #C9BDBE #BEC9BD

tetradic

#BDBEC9 #C9BDC4 #C9C8BD #BDC9C2

square

#BDBEC9 #C9BDC4 #C9C8BD #BDC9C2

split-complementary

#BDBEC9 #C9C2BD #C4C9BD

monochromatic

#7A7C92 #9B9DAD #BDBEC9 #DFDFE5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BDBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEC9

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEC9	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.015 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d9',
    500: '#bdbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbec9;
$custom-light: #d0d1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80407,
    "c": 0.01541,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEC9

secondary

#9D9B8E

accent

#8E5194

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEC9

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

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