#BDB9DB#BDB9DB

#BDB9DB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.048 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9DB
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(247, 32%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(247, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 8.10, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 18.38, 296.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0169 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.048 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1187, 50.6308, 74.0837)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9DB #D7DBB9

analogous

#B9C6DB #BDB9DB #CEB9DB

triadic

#BDB9DB #DBBDB9 #B9DBBD

tetradic

#BDB9DB #DBB9C6 #D7DBB9 #B9DBCE

square

#BDB9DB #DBB9C6 #D7DBB9 #B9DBCE

split-complementary

#BDB9DB #DBCEB9 #C6DBB9

monochromatic

#7168B1 #9791C6 #BDB9DB #E3E1F0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BDB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9DB

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9DB	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.048 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cee6',
    500: '#bdb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9db;
$custom-light: #d1cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 32.075,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80004,
    "c": 0.0478,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9DB

secondary

#ADB286

accent

#AB3B9E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9DB

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

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