#BDC3CF#BDC3CF

#BDC3CF is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.018 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3CF
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 207)
HSL	hsl(220, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(220, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, 0.26, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 6.71, 272.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0017 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.018 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7615, 54.3536, 66.7837)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3CF #CFC9BD

analogous

#BDCCCF #BDC3CF #C0BDCF

triadic

#BDC3CF #CFBDC3 #C3CFBD

tetradic

#BDC3CF #CFBDCC #CFC9BD #BDCFC0

square

#BDC3CF #CFBDCC #CFC9BD #BDCFC0

split-complementary

#BDC3CF #CFC0BD #CCCFBD

monochromatic

#76839B #9AA3B5 #BDC3CF #E0E3E9 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#BDC3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3CF

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3CF	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.018 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5dd',
    500: '#bdc3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3cf;
$custom-light: #d0d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81616,
    "c": 0.01808,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3CF

secondary

#A39C8D

accent

#804B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3CF

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

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