#BDBFCF#BDBFCF

#BDBFCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.022 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFCF
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(233, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, 2.40, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 8.59, 286.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% 0.004 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.022 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8773, 52.5851, 66.4889)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFCF #CFCDBD

analogous

#BDC8CF #BDBFCF #C4BDCF

triadic

#BDBFCF #CFBDBF #BFCFBD

tetradic

#BDBFCF #CFBDC8 #CFCDBD #BDCFC4

square

#BDBFCF #CFBDC8 #CFCDBD #BDCFC4

split-complementary

#BDBFCF #CFC4BD #C8CFBD

monochromatic

#767A9B #9A9DB5 #BDBFCF #E0E1E9 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BDBFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFCF

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFCF	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.022 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2dd',
    500: '#bdbfcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfcf;
$custom-light: #d1d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80801,
    "c": 0.02249,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFCF

secondary

#A3A18D

accent

#914B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFCF

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

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