#BDC2CE#BDC2CE

#BDC2CE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.018 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC2CE
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(222, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(222, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, 0.60, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 6.62, 275.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0007 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.018 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4164, 53.8582, 66.0674)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC2CE #CEC9BD

analogous

#BDCBCE #BDC2CE #C0BDCE

triadic

#BDC2CE #CEBDC2 #C2CEBD

tetradic

#BDC2CE #CEBDCB #CEC9BD #BDCEC0

square

#BDC2CE #CEBDCB #CEC9BD #BDCEC0

split-complementary

#BDC2CE #CEC0BD #CBCEBD

monochromatic

#77819A #9AA2B4 #BDC2CE #E0E2E8 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDC2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BDC2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC2CE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC2CE	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.018 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4dd',
    500: '#bdc2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc2ce;
$custom-light: #d0d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8138,
    "c": 0.01769,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC2CE

secondary

#A29C8D

accent

#824D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC2CE

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

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