#BDB7DC#BDB7DC

#BDB7DC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.052 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7DC
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(250, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 17%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 9.40, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 20.10, 297.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0201 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.052 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8353, 49.8528, 74.6406)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7DC #D6DCB7

analogous

#B7C4DC #BDB7DC #D0B7DC

triadic

#BDB7DC #DCBDB7 #B7DCBD

tetradic

#BDB7DC #DCB7C4 #D6DCB7 #B7DCD0

square

#BDB7DC #DCB7C4 #D6DCB7 #B7DCD0

split-complementary

#BDB7DC #DCD0B7 #C4DCB7

monochromatic

#7265B4 #978EC8 #BDB7DC #E3E0F0 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDB7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7DC

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7DC	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.052 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cce7',
    500: '#bdb7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7dc;
$custom-light: #d1cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.73,
    "s": 34.579,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79644,
    "c": 0.05221,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7DC

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#AD389A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7DC

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

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