#BDBECE#BDBECE

#BDBECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.022 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBECE
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(236, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 2.74, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 8.58, 288.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0051 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.022 283)
XYZ	xyz(50.5381, 52.1017, 65.7747)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBECE #CECDBD

analogous

#BDC6CE #BDBECE #C5BDCE

triadic

#BDBECE #CEBDBE #BECEBD

tetradic

#BDBECE #CEBDC6 #CECDBD #BDCEC5

square

#BDBECE #CEBDC6 #CECDBD #BDCEC5

split-complementary

#BDBECE #CEC5BD #C6CEBD

monochromatic

#77799A #9A9BB4 #BDBECE #E0E1E8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BDBECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBECE

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBECE	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.022 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1dd',
    500: '#bdbece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbece;
$custom-light: #d0d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80566,
    "c": 0.0224,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.52102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBECE

secondary

#A2A18D

accent

#944D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBECE

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

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