#BDBECB#BDBECB

#BDBECB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.018 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBECB
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(236, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 2.14, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 6.98, 287.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0039 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.018 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1771, 51.9573, 63.8736)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBECB #CBCABD

analogous

#BDC5CB #BDBECB #C3BDCB

triadic

#BDBECB #CBBDBE #BECBBD

tetradic

#BDBECB #CBBDC5 #CBCABD #BDCBC3

square

#BDBECB #CBBDC5 #CBCABD #BDCBC3

split-complementary

#BDBECB #CBC3BD #C5CBBD

monochromatic

#797B95 #9B9CB0 #BDBECB #DFE0E6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BDBECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBECB

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBECB	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.018 282.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8047,
    "c": 0.0182,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBECB

secondary

#9F9E8D

accent

#915096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBECB

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

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