#BDBBD5#BDBBD5

#BDBBD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.036 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD5
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(245, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, 5.77, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 14.01, 294.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0119 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.036 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7644, 51.1632, 70.1389)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD5 #D3D5BB

analogous

#BBC6D5 #BDBBD5 #CABBD5

triadic

#BDBBD5 #D5BDBB #BBD5BD

tetradic

#BDBBD5 #D5BBC6 #D3D5BB #BBD5CA

square

#BDBBD5 #D5BBC6 #D3D5BB #BBD5CA

split-complementary

#BDBBD5 #D5CABB #C6D5BB

monochromatic

#746FA6 #9895BE #BDBBD5 #E2E1EC #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BDBBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD5

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD5	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.036 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe2',
    500: '#bdbbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd5;
$custom-light: #d1cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80194,
    "c": 0.03644,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD5

secondary

#A8AB89

accent

#A2439B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD5

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

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