#BDC4CF#BDC4CF

#BDC4CF is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.017 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC4CF
RGB	rgb(189, 196, 207)
HSL	hsl(217, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(217, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -0.27, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 6.33, 267.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0032 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.017 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9863, 54.8032, 66.8586)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC4CF #CFC8BD

analogous

#BDCDCF #BDC4CF #BFBDCF

triadic

#BDC4CF #CFBDC4 #C4CFBD

tetradic

#BDC4CF #CFBDCD #CFC8BD #BDCFBF

square

#BDC4CF #CFBDCD #CFC8BD #BDCFBF

split-complementary

#BDC4CF #CFBFBD #CDCFBD

monochromatic

#76859B #9AA4B5 #BDC4CF #E0E4E9 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BDC4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BDC4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC4CF

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC4CF	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 196, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.017 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5dd',
    500: '#bdc4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc4cf;
$custom-light: #d0d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8182,
    "c": 0.01725,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC4CF

secondary

#A39B8D

accent

#7B4B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC4CF

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

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