#BDBFCD#BDBFCD

#BDBFCD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.020 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFCD
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(233, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, 2.00, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 7.52, 285.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% 0.0032 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.02 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6343, 52.4879, 65.2094)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFCD #CDCBBD

analogous

#BDC7CD #BDBFCD #C3BDCD

triadic

#BDBFCD #CDBDBF #BFCDBD

tetradic

#BDBFCD #CDBDC7 #CDCBBD #BDCDC3

square

#BDBFCD #CDBDC7 #CDCBBD #BDCDC3

split-complementary

#BDBFCD #CDC3BD #C7CDBD

monochromatic

#777B98 #9A9DB3 #BDBFCD #E0E1E7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BDBFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFCD

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFCD	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.020 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2dc',
    500: '#bdbfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfcd;
$custom-light: #d0d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80737,
    "c": 0.01971,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFCD

secondary

#A19F8D

accent

#8F4E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFCD

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

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