#BDBBD6#BDBBD6

#BDBBD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.038 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD6
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(244, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 5.98, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 14.55, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.0123 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.038 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8917, 51.2142, 70.8095)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD6 #D4D6BB

analogous

#BBC6D6 #BDBBD6 #CABBD6

triadic

#BDBBD6 #D6BDBB #BBD6BD

tetradic

#BDBBD6 #D6BBC6 #D4D6BB #BBD6CA

square

#BDBBD6 #D6BBC6 #D4D6BB #BBD6CA

split-complementary

#BDBBD6 #D6CABB #C6D6BB

monochromatic

#736FA8 #9895BF #BDBBD6 #E2E1ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BDBBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD6

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD6	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.038 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe2',
    500: '#bdbbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd6;
$custom-light: #d1cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80228,
    "c": 0.03784,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD6

secondary

#A9AC89

accent

#A3429C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD6

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

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