#BDC4CE#BDC4CE

#BDC4CE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.016 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4CE
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(215, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(215, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -0.47, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 5.85, 265.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0035 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.016 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8645, 54.7544, 66.2168)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4CE #CEC7BD

analogous

#BDCDCE #BDC4CE #BEBDCE

triadic

#BDC4CE #CEBDC4 #C4CEBD

tetradic

#BDC4CE #CEBDCD #CEC7BD #BDCEBE

square

#BDC4CE #CEBDCD #CEC7BD #BDCEBE

split-complementary

#BDC4CE #CEBEBD #CDCEBD

monochromatic

#77859A #9AA5B4 #BDC4CE #E0E3E8 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDC4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BDC4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4CE

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4CE	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.016 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5dd',
    500: '#bdc4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4ce;
$custom-light: #d0d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81789,
    "c": 0.01602,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4CE

secondary

#A2998D

accent

#794D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4CE

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

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