#BDBCD3#BDBCD3

#BDBCD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.032 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD3
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(243, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 4.82, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 12.37, 292.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% 0.0098 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.032 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7250, 51.4881, 68.8812)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD3 #D2D3BC

analogous

#BCC6D3 #BDBCD3 #C8BCD3

triadic

#BDBCD3 #D3BDBC #BCD3BD

tetradic

#BDBCD3 #D3BCC6 #D2D3BC #BCD3C8

square

#BDBCD3 #D3BCC6 #D2D3BC #BCD3C8

split-complementary

#BDBCD3 #D3C8BC #C6D3BC

monochromatic

#7472A2 #9997BB #BDBCD3 #E1E1EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BDBCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD3

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD3	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.032 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e0',
    500: '#bdbcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd3;
$custom-light: #d1d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80327,
    "c": 0.0322,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD3

secondary

#A7A88B

accent

#9F469B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD3

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

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