#BDC2CD#BDC2CD

#BDC2CD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.016 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC2CD
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(221, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(221, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 0.40, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 6.11, 273.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0011 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.016 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2953, 53.8098, 65.4297)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC2CD #CDC8BD

analogous

#BDCACD #BDC2CD #C0BDCD

triadic

#BDC2CD #CDBDC2 #C2CDBD

tetradic

#BDC2CD #CDBDCA #CDC8BD #BDCDC0

square

#BDC2CD #CDBDCA #CDC8BD #BDCDC0

split-complementary

#BDC2CD #CDC0BD #CACDBD

monochromatic

#778298 #9AA2B3 #BDC2CD #E0E2E7 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDC2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BDC2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC2CD

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC2CD	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.016 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4dc',
    500: '#bdc2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc2cd;
$custom-light: #d0d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81348,
    "c": 0.01637,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC2CD

secondary

#A19B8D

accent

#814E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC2CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →