#BDBBCE#BDBBCE

#BDBBCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.027 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBCE
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(246, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 4.35, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 10.25, 295.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% 0.0094 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.027 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8950, 50.8155, 65.5603)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBCE #CCCEBB

analogous

#BBC3CE #BDBBCE #C7BBCE

triadic

#BDBBCE #CEBDBB #BBCEBD

tetradic

#BDBBCE #CEBBC3 #CCCEBB #BBCEC7

square

#BDBBCE #CEBBC3 #CCCEBB #BBCEC7

split-complementary

#BDBBCE #CEC7BB #C3CEBB

monochromatic

#78749B #9A97B4 #BDBBCE #E0DFE8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BDBBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBCE

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBCE	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.027 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfdd',
    500: '#bdbbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbce;
$custom-light: #d1cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7996,
    "c": 0.02664,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBCE

secondary

#A0A28B

accent

#9A4B92

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBCE

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

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