#BDBBD0#BDBBD0

#BDBBD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.029 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD0
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(246, 18%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(246, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 4.75, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 11.33, 294.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0101 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.029 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1395, 50.9133, 66.8480)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD0 #CED0BB

analogous

#BBC4D0 #BDBBD0 #C7BBD0

triadic

#BDBBD0 #D0BDBB #BBD0BD

tetradic

#BDBBD0 #D0BBC4 #CED0BB #BBD0C7

square

#BDBBD0 #D0BBC4 #CED0BB #BBD0C7

split-complementary

#BDBBD0 #D0C7BB #C4D0BB

monochromatic

#77739E #9A97B7 #BDBBD0 #E0DFE9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BDBBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD0

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD0	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.029 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfde',
    500: '#bdbbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd0;
$custom-light: #d1cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 18.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80026,
    "c": 0.02943,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD0

secondary

#A2A58A

accent

#9D4995

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD0

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

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