#BDBBDB#BDBBDB

#BDBBDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.045 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBDB
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(244, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(244, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 7.02, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 17.23, 294.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.014 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.045 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5400, 51.4735, 74.2242)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBDB #D9DBBB

analogous

#BBC9DB #BDBBDB #CDBBDB

triadic

#BDBBDB #DBBDBB #BBDBBD

tetradic

#BDBBDB #DBBBC9 #D9DBBB #BBDBCD

square

#BDBBDB #DBBBC9 #D9DBBB #BBDBCD

split-complementary

#BDBBDB #DBCDBB #C9DBBB

monochromatic

#6F6BB1 #9693C6 #BDBBDB #E4E3F0 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BDBBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBDB

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBDB	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.045 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe6',
    500: '#bdbbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbdb;
$custom-light: #d1cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80402,
    "c": 0.04486,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBDB

secondary

#B0B288

accent

#A93CA3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBDB

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

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