#BDC3CE#BDC3CE

#BDC3CE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.017 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3CE
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(219, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(219, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, 0.06, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 6.21, 270.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0021 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.017 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6397, 54.3048, 66.1419)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3CE #CEC8BD

analogous

#BDCCCE #BDC3CE #C0BDCE

triadic

#BDC3CE #CEBDC3 #C3CEBD

tetradic

#BDC3CE #CEBDCC #CEC8BD #BDCEC0

square

#BDC3CE #CEBDCC #CEC8BD #BDCEC0

split-complementary

#BDC3CE #CEC0BD #CCCEBD

monochromatic

#77839A #9AA3B4 #BDC3CE #E0E3E8 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#BDC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3CE

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3CE	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.017 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5dd',
    500: '#bdc3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3ce;
$custom-light: #d0d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81584,
    "c": 0.01678,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3CE

secondary

#A29B8D

accent

#7E4D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3CE

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

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