#BDBFC7#BDBFC7

#BDBFC7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.011 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFC7
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 199)
HSL	hsl(228, 8%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 5%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, 0.83, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 4.34, 280.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.001 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.011 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9239, 52.2037, 61.4679)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFC7 #C7C5BD

analogous

#BDC4C7 #BDBFC7 #C0BDC7

triadic

#BDBFC7 #C7BDBF #BFC7BD

tetradic

#BDBFC7 #C7BDC4 #C7C5BD #BDC7C0

square

#BDBFC7 #C7BDC4 #C7C5BD #BDC7C0

split-complementary

#BDBFC7 #C7C0BD #C4C7BD

monochromatic

#7B7F8F #9C9FAB #BDBFC7 #DEDFE3 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBFC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BDBFC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFC7

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFC7	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.011 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d8',
    500: '#bdbfc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfc7;
$custom-light: #d0d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80548,
    "c": 0.0114,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFC7

secondary

#9A988E

accent

#865392

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFC7

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

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