#BDBCD4#BDBCD4

#BDBCD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.034 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD4
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(243, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 5.02, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 12.90, 292.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0101 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.034 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8507, 51.5384, 69.5435)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD4 #D3D4BC

analogous

#BCC7D4 #BDBCD4 #C9BCD4

triadic

#BDBCD4 #D4BDBC #BCD4BD

tetradic

#BDBCD4 #D4BCC7 #D3D4BC #BCD4C9

square

#BDBCD4 #D4BCC7 #D3D4BC #BCD4C9

split-complementary

#BDBCD4 #D4C9BC #C7D4BC

monochromatic

#7471A4 #9897BC #BDBCD4 #E2E1EC #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BDBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD4

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD4	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.034 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e1',
    500: '#bdbcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd4;
$custom-light: #d1d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80361,
    "c": 0.03359,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD4

secondary

#A8AA8B

accent

#A0459C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD4

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

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