#BDBFC8#BDBFC8

#BDBFC8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.013 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFC8
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(229, 9%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(229, 6%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 1.02, -4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 4.86, 282.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0014 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.013 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0404, 52.2503, 62.0814)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFC8 #C8C6BD

analogous

#BDC5C8 #BDBFC8 #C1BDC8

triadic

#BDBFC8 #C8BDBF #BFC8BD

tetradic

#BDBFC8 #C8BDC5 #C8C6BD #BDC8C1

square

#BDBFC8 #C8BDC5 #C8C6BD #BDC8C1

split-complementary

#BDBFC8 #C8C1BD #C5C8BD

monochromatic

#7A7E90 #9C9FAC #BDBFC8 #DEDFE4 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BDBFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFC8

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFC8	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.013 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d8',
    500: '#bdbfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfc8;
$custom-light: #d0d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80579,
    "c": 0.01277,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFC8

secondary

#9B998E

accent

#875293

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFC8

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

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