#BDBBDA#BDBBDA

#BDBBDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.043 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBDA
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(244, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(244, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 6.81, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 16.69, 294.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% 0.0137 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.043 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4088, 51.4210, 73.5329)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBDA #D8DABB

analogous

#BBC9DA #BDBBDA #CDBBDA

triadic

#BDBBDA #DABDBB #BBDABD

tetradic

#BDBBDA #DABBC9 #D8DABB #BBDACD

square

#BDBBDA #DABBC9 #D8DABB #BBDACD

split-complementary

#BDBBDA #DACDBB #C9DABB

monochromatic

#706CAF #9793C4 #BDBBDA #E3E3F0 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BDBBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBDA

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBDA	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.043 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe5',
    500: '#bdbbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbda;
$custom-light: #d1cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 29.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.04346,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBDA

secondary

#AEB188

accent

#A83DA1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBDA

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

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