#BDC1CD#BDC1CD

#BDC1CD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.017 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC1CD
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(225, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 0.93, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 6.55, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0004 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.017 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.0735, 53.3662, 65.3557)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC1CD #CDC9BD

analogous

#BDC9CD #BDC1CD #C1BDCD

triadic

#BDC1CD #CDBDC1 #C1CDBD

tetradic

#BDC1CD #CDBDC9 #CDC9BD #BDCDC1

square

#BDC1CD #CDBDC9 #CDC9BD #BDCDC1

split-complementary

#BDC1CD #CDC1BD #C9CDBD

monochromatic

#778098 #9AA0B3 #BDC1CD #E0E2E7 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDC1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#BDC1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC1CD

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC1CD	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.017 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3dc',
    500: '#bdc1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc1cd;
$custom-light: #d0d3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81144,
    "c": 0.01737,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC1CD

secondary

#A19C8D

accent

#854E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC1CD

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

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