#BDC1CA#BDC1CA

#BDC1CA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.013 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC1CA
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 202)
HSL	hsl(222, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(222, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, 0.34, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 5.00, 273.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0008 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.013 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7148, 53.2227, 63.4668)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC1CA #CAC6BD

analogous

#BDC8CA #BDC1CA #C0BDCA

triadic

#BDC1CA #CABDC1 #C1CABD

tetradic

#BDC1CA #CABDC8 #CAC6BD #BDCAC0

square

#BDC1CA #CABDC8 #CAC6BD #BDCAC0

split-complementary

#BDC1CA #CAC0BD #C8CABD

monochromatic

#798193 #9BA1AF #BDC1CA #DFE1E5 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDC1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BDC1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC1CA

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC1CA	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.013 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3da',
    500: '#bdc1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc1ca;
$custom-light: #d0d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8105,
    "c": 0.01336,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC1CA

secondary

#9E998E

accent

#805195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC1CA

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

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