#BDBACD#BDBACD

#BDBACD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.027 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBACD
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(249, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 4.69, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 10.30, 297.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.0105 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.027 293)
XYZ	xyz(49.5625, 50.3442, 64.8521)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBACD #CACDBA

analogous

#BAC1CD #BDBACD #C7BACD

triadic

#BDBACD #CDBDBA #BACDBD

tetradic

#BDBACD #CDBAC1 #CACDBA #BACDC7

square

#BDBACD #CDBAC1 #CACDBA #BACDC7

split-complementary

#BDBACD #CDC7BA #C1CDBA

monochromatic

#79739A #9B97B3 #BDBACD #DFDDE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BDBACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBACD

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBACD	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.027 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cedc',
    500: '#bdbacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbacd;
$custom-light: #d0cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 15.966,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79725,
    "c": 0.02674,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.50344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBACD

secondary

#9EA18A

accent

#9A4B8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBACD

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

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