#BDBFC9#BDBFC9

#BDBFC9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.014 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFC9
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(230, 10%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(230, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 1.21, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 5.39, 283.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0017 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.014 277)
XYZ	xyz(50.1577, 52.2972, 62.6989)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFC9 #C9C7BD

analogous

#BDC5C9 #BDBFC9 #C1BDC9

triadic

#BDBFC9 #C9BDBF #BFC9BD

tetradic

#BDBFC9 #C9BDC5 #C9C7BD #BDC9C1

square

#BDBFC9 #C9BDC5 #C9C7BD #BDC9C1

split-complementary

#BDBFC9 #C9C1BD #C5C9BD

monochromatic

#7A7E92 #9B9EAD #BDBFC9 #DFE0E5 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BDBFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFC9

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFC9	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.014 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2d9',
    500: '#bdbfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfc9;
$custom-light: #d0d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8061,
    "c": 0.01416,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.52297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFC9

secondary

#9D9A8E

accent

#895194

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFC9

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

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