#BDC2CA#BDC2CA

#BDC2CA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.013 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC2CA
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(217, 11%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(217, 6%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -0.19, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 4.61, 267.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0022 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.013 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9366, 53.6663, 63.5408)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC2CA #CAC5BD

analogous

#BDC9CA #BDC2CA #BFBDCA

triadic

#BDC2CA #CABDC2 #C2CABD

tetradic

#BDC2CA #CABDC9 #CAC5BD #BDCABF

square

#BDC2CA #CABDC9 #CAC5BD #BDCABF

split-complementary

#BDC2CA #CABFBD #C9CABD

monochromatic

#798393 #9BA3AF #BDC2CA #DFE1E5 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDC2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#BDC2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC2CA

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC2CA	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.013 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4da',
    500: '#bdc2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc2ca;
$custom-light: #d0d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 10.924,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81254,
    "c": 0.01251,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC2CA

secondary

#9E978E

accent

#7B5195

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC2CA

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

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