#BDBBD8#BDBBD8

#BDBBD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.041 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBD8
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(244, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 6.39, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 15.62, 294.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% 0.013 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.041 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1487, 51.3170, 72.1629)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBD8 #D6D8BB

analogous

#BBC8D8 #BDBBD8 #CCBBD8

triadic

#BDBBD8 #D8BDBB #BBD8BD

tetradic

#BDBBD8 #D8BBC8 #D6D8BB #BBD8CC

square

#BDBBD8 #D8BBC8 #D6D8BB #BBD8CC

split-complementary

#BDBBD8 #D8CCBB #C8D8BB

monochromatic

#726DAB #9794C2 #BDBBD8 #E3E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BDBBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBD8

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBD8	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.041 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe4',
    500: '#bdbbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbd8;
$custom-light: #d1cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.138,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.04064,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBD8

secondary

#ACAE89

accent

#A6409F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBD8

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

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