#BDBBCD#BDBBCD

#BDBBCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.025 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBCD
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(247, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(247, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 4.15, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 9.72, 295.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.009 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.025 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7739, 50.7671, 64.9226)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBCD #CBCDBB

analogous

#BBC2CD #BDBBCD #C6BBCD

triadic

#BDBBCD #CDBDBB #BBCDBD

tetradic

#BDBBCD #CDBBC2 #CBCDBB #BBCDC6

square

#BDBBCD #CDBBC2 #CBCDBB #BBCDC6

split-complementary

#BDBBCD #CDC6BB #C2CDBB

monochromatic

#797499 #9B98B3 #BDBBCD #DFDEE7 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BDBBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBCD

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBCD	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.025 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfdc',
    500: '#bdbbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbcd;
$custom-light: #d0cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79927,
    "c": 0.02523,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBCD

secondary

#9FA18B

accent

#994C91

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBCD

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

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