#BDB7DD#BDB7DD

#BDB7DD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.054 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7DD
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 221)
HSL	hsl(249, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 9.61, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 20.63, 297.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0204 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.054 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9681, 49.9059, 75.3402)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7DD #D7DDB7

analogous

#B7C4DD #BDB7DD #D0B7DD

triadic

#BDB7DD #DDBDB7 #B7DDBD

tetradic

#BDB7DD #DDB7C4 #D7DDB7 #B7DDD0

square

#BDB7DD #DDB7C4 #D7DDB7 #B7DDD0

split-complementary

#BDB7DD #DDD0B7 #C4DDB7

monochromatic

#7164B6 #978DC9 #BDB7DD #E3E1F1 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDB7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7DD

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7DD	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.054 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cce7',
    500: '#bdb7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7dd;
$custom-light: #d1cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79681,
    "c": 0.05361,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7DD

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#AF379C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7DD

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

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