#BDBBCB#BDBBCB

#BDBBCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.022 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBCB
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(248, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(248, 8%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 3.75, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 8.65, 295.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0083 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.022 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5340, 50.6711, 63.6592)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBCB #C9CBBB

analogous

#BBC1CB #BDBBCB #C5BBCB

triadic

#BDBBCB #CBBDBB #BBCBBD

tetradic

#BDBBCB #CBBBC1 #C9CBBB #BBCBC5

square

#BDBBCB #CBBBC1 #C9CBBB #BBCBC5

split-complementary

#BDBBCB #CBC5BB #C1CBBB

monochromatic

#7A7696 #9B98B0 #BDBBCB #DFDEE6 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BDBBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBCB

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBCB	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)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.022 291.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79862,
    "c": 0.02244,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBCB

secondary

#9D9F8B

accent

#974E8E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBCB

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

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