#BDBFCB#BDBFCB

#BDBFCB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.017 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFCB
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(231, 12%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(231, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, 1.61, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 6.46, 284.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0025 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.017 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3945, 52.3919, 63.9460)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFCB #CBC9BD

analogous

#BDC6CB #BDBFCB #C2BDCB

triadic

#BDBFCB #CBBDBF #BFCBBD

tetradic

#BDBFCB #CBBDC6 #CBC9BD #BDCBC2

square

#BDBFCB #CBBDC6 #CBC9BD #BDCBC2

split-complementary

#BDBFCB #CBC2BD #C6CBBD

monochromatic

#797D95 #9B9EB0 #BDBFCB #DFE0E6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BDBFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFCB

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFCB	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.017 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2da',
    500: '#bdbfcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfcb;
$custom-light: #d0d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80673,
    "c": 0.01692,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFCB

secondary

#9F9C8D

accent

#8C5096

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFCB

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

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