#BDBBD7#BDBBD7

#BDBBD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.039 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD7
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(244, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 6.18, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 15.08, 294.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0126 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.039 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0198, 51.2654, 71.4841)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD7 #D5D7BB

analogous

#BBC7D7 #BDBBD7 #CBBBD7

triadic

#BDBBD7 #D7BDBB #BBD7BD

tetradic

#BDBBD7 #D7BBC7 #D5D7BB #BBD7CB

square

#BDBBD7 #D7BBC7 #D5D7BB #BBD7CB

split-complementary

#BDBBD7 #D7CBBB #C7D7BB

monochromatic

#726EAA #9894C0 #BDBBD7 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BDBBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD7

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD7	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.039 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe3',
    500: '#bdbbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd7;
$custom-light: #d1cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80263,
    "c": 0.03924,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD7

secondary

#ABAD89

accent

#A4419D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD7

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

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