#BDBAD2#BDBAD2

#BDBAD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.034 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAD2
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(248, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(248, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 5.70, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 12.98, 296.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0123 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.034 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1757, 50.5895, 68.0816)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAD2 #CFD2BA

analogous

#BAC3D2 #BDBAD2 #C9BAD2

triadic

#BDBAD2 #D2BDBA #BAD2BD

tetradic

#BDBAD2 #D2BAC3 #CFD2BA #BAD2C9

square

#BDBAD2 #D2BAC3 #CFD2BA #BAD2C9

split-complementary

#BDBAD2 #D2C9BA #C3D2BA

monochromatic

#7670A2 #9A95BA #BDBAD2 #E0DFEA #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDBAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAD2

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAD2	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.034 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cedf',
    500: '#bdbad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbad2;
$custom-light: #d1cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 21.053,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79892,
    "c": 0.03372,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAD2

secondary

#A3A789

accent

#9F4694

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAD2

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

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