#BDBECA#BDBECA

#BDBECA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.017 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBECA
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 202)
HSL	hsl(235, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 1.94, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 6.44, 287.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0036 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.017 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0583, 51.9098, 63.2480)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBECA #CAC9BD

analogous

#BDC5CA #BDBECA #C3BDCA

triadic

#BDBECA #CABDBE #BECABD

tetradic

#BDBECA #CABDC5 #CAC9BD #BDCAC3

square

#BDBECA #CABDC5 #CAC9BD #BDCAC3

split-complementary

#BDBECA #CAC3BD #C5CABD

monochromatic

#797B93 #9B9DAF #BDBECA #DFDFE5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BDBECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBECA

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBECA	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.017 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1da',
    500: '#bdbeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeca;
$custom-light: #d0d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80438,
    "c": 0.0168,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBECA

secondary

#9E9C8E

accent

#905195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBECA

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

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