#BDBBD2#BDBBD2

#BDBBD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.032 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD2
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(245, 20%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 5.16, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 12.40, 294.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0108 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.032 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3871, 51.0123, 68.1521)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD2 #D0D2BB

analogous

#BBC4D2 #BDBBD2 #C8BBD2

triadic

#BDBBD2 #D2BDBB #BBD2BD

tetradic

#BDBBD2 #D2BBC4 #D0D2BB #BBD2C8

square

#BDBBD2 #D2BBC4 #D0D2BB #BBD2C8

split-complementary

#BDBBD2 #D2C8BB #C4D2BB

monochromatic

#7671A1 #9996BA #BDBBD2 #E1E0EA #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BDBBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD2

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD2	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.032 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfdf',
    500: '#bdbbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd2;
$custom-light: #d1cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.217,
    "s": 20.354,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80093,
    "c": 0.03224,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD2

secondary

#A5A78A

accent

#9F4797

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD2

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

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