#BDBBCA#BDBBCA

#BDBBCA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.021 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBCA
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(248, 12%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(248, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 3.55, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 8.11, 296.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0079 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.021 292)
XYZ	xyz(49.4153, 50.6236, 63.0337)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBCA #C8CABB

analogous

#BBC1CA #BDBBCA #C5BBCA

triadic

#BDBBCA #CABDBB #BBCABD

tetradic

#BDBBCA #CABBC1 #C8CABB #BBCAC5

square

#BDBBCA #CABBC1 #C8CABB #BBCAC5

split-complementary

#BDBBCA #CAC5BB #C1CABB

monochromatic

#7A7694 #9C99AF #BDBBCA #DEDDE5 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDBBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBCA

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBCA	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)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.021 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfda',
    500: '#bdbbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbca;
$custom-light: #d0cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 12.397,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7983,
    "c": 0.02105,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.50624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBCA

secondary

#9B9E8B

accent

#974F8D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBCA

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

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