#BDBBD3#BDBBD3

#BDBBD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.034 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD3
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(245, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 5.36, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 12.94, 294.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% 0.0112 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.034 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5121, 51.0623, 68.8103)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD3 #D1D3BB

analogous

#BBC5D3 #BDBBD3 #C9BBD3

triadic

#BDBBD3 #D3BDBB #BBD3BD

tetradic

#BDBBD3 #D3BBC5 #D1D3BB #BBD3C9

square

#BDBBD3 #D3BBC5 #D1D3BB #BBD3C9

split-complementary

#BDBBD3 #D3C9BB #C5D3BB

monochromatic

#7571A3 #9996BB #BDBBD3 #E1E0EB #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BDBBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD3

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD3	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.034 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe0',
    500: '#bdbbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd3;
$custom-light: #d1cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80126,
    "c": 0.03364,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD3

secondary

#A6A88A

accent

#A04698

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD3

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

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