#BDBBDD#BDBBDD

#BDBBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.048 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBDD
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(244, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(244, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 7.44, -16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 18.30, 293.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0147 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.048 288)
XYZ	xyz(51.8049, 51.5794, 75.6191)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBDD #DBDDBB

analogous

#BBCADD #BDBBDD #CEBBDD

triadic

#BDBBDD #DDBDBB #BBDDBD

tetradic

#BDBBDD #DDBBCA #DBDDBB #BBDDCE

square

#BDBBDD #DDBBCA #DBDDBB #BBDDCE

split-complementary

#BDBBDD #DDCEBB #CADDBB

monochromatic

#6E69B4 #9592C9 #BDBBDD #E5E4F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BDBBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBDD

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBDD	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.048 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe7',
    500: '#bdbbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbdd;
$custom-light: #d1cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80473,
    "c": 0.04767,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.5158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBDD

secondary

#B2B587

accent

#AC39A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBDD

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

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