#BDBECD#BDBECD

#BDBECD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.021 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBECD
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(236, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, 2.54, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 8.05, 288.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0047 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.021 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4170, 52.0532, 65.1369)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBECD #CDCCBD

analogous

#BDC6CD #BDBECD #C4BDCD

triadic

#BDBECD #CDBDBE #BECDBD

tetradic

#BDBECD #CDBDC6 #CDCCBD #BDCDC4

square

#BDBECD #CDBDC6 #CDCCBD #BDCDC4

split-complementary

#BDBECD #CDC4BD #C6CDBD

monochromatic

#777998 #9A9CB3 #BDBECD #E0E0E7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BDBECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBECD

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBECD	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.021 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1dc',
    500: '#bdbecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbecd;
$custom-light: #d0d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80534,
    "c": 0.021,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBECD

secondary

#A1A08D

accent

#934E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBECD

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

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