#BDC0CA#BDC0CA

#BDC0CA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.014 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC0CA
RGB	rgb(189, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(226, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, 0.88, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 5.44, 279.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0007 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.014 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4945, 52.7821, 63.3934)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC0CA #CAC7BD

analogous

#BDC7CA #BDC0CA #C1BDCA

triadic

#BDC0CA #CABDC0 #C0CABD

tetradic

#BDC0CA #CABDC7 #CAC7BD #BDCAC1

square

#BDC0CA #CABDC7 #CAC7BD #BDCAC1

split-complementary

#BDC0CA #CAC1BD #C7CABD

monochromatic

#797F93 #9BA0AF #BDC0CA #DFE0E5 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDC0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BDC0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC0CA

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC0CA	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.014 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3da',
    500: '#bdc0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc0ca;
$custom-light: #d0d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80846,
    "c": 0.01439,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC0CA

secondary

#9E9A8E

accent

#855195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC0CA

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

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