#BDC3CD#BDC3CD

#BDC3CD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3CD
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(218, 14%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -0.13, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 5.72, 268.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0025 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5186, 54.2564, 65.5041)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3CD #CDC7BD

analogous

#BDCBCD #BDC3CD #BFBDCD

triadic

#BDC3CD #CDBDC3 #C3CDBD

tetradic

#BDC3CD #CDBDCB #CDC7BD #BDCDBF

square

#BDC3CD #CDBDCB #CDC7BD #BDCDBF

split-complementary

#BDC3CD #CDBFBD #CBCDBD

monochromatic

#778498 #9AA3B3 #BDC3CD #E0E3E7 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BDC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3CD

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3CD	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5dc',
    500: '#bdc3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3cd;
$custom-light: #d0d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81553,
    "c": 0.01551,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3CD

secondary

#A19A8D

accent

#7C4E98

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3CD

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

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