#BDBBD4#BDBBD4

#BDBBD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.035 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD4
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(245, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 5.56, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 13.47, 294.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% 0.0116 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.035 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6378, 51.1126, 69.4725)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD4 #D2D4BB

analogous

#BBC5D4 #BDBBD4 #C9BBD4

triadic

#BDBBD4 #D4BDBB #BBD4BD

tetradic

#BDBBD4 #D4BBC5 #D2D4BB #BBD4C9

square

#BDBBD4 #D4BBC5 #D2D4BB #BBD4C9

split-complementary

#BDBBD4 #D4C9BB #C5D4BB

monochromatic

#7470A5 #9996BC #BDBBD4 #E1E0EC #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BDBBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD4

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD4	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.035 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe1',
    500: '#bdbbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd4;
$custom-light: #d1cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.8,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8016,
    "c": 0.03504,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD4

secondary

#A7AA8A

accent

#A1459A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD4

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

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