#BDC3CC#BDC3CC

#BDC3CC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.014 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3CC
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(216, 13%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 7%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -0.33, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 5.23, 266.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0029 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.014 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3982, 54.2083, 64.8704)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3CC #CCC6BD

analogous

#BDCBCC #BDC3CC #BFBDCC

triadic

#BDC3CC #CCBDC3 #C3CCBD

tetradic

#BDC3CC #CCBDCB #CCC6BD #BDCCBF

square

#BDC3CC #CCBDCB #CCC6BD #BDCCBF

split-complementary

#BDC3CC #CCBFBD #CBCCBD

monochromatic

#788497 #9AA4B1 #BDC3CC #E0E2E7 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BDC3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3CC

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3CC	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.014 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5db',
    500: '#bdc3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3cc;
$custom-light: #d0d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.01426,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3CC

secondary

#A0988D

accent

#7A4F97

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3CC

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

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