#BDBCD5#BDBCD5

#BDBCD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.035 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD5
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(242, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 5.23, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 13.44, 292.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0105 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.035 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9772, 51.5890, 70.2099)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD5 #D4D5BC

analogous

#BCC7D5 #BDBCD5 #C9BCD5

triadic

#BDBCD5 #D5BDBC #BCD5BD

tetradic

#BDBCD5 #D5BCC7 #D4D5BC #BCD5C9

square

#BDBCD5 #D5BCC7 #D4D5BC #BCD5C9

split-complementary

#BDBCD5 #D5C9BC #C7D5BC

monochromatic

#7371A6 #9896BD #BDBCD5 #E2E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BDBCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD5

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD5	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)

#B6BFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.035 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e2',
    500: '#bdbcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd5;
$custom-light: #d1d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80395,
    "c": 0.035,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD5

secondary

#A9AB8A

accent

#A1449E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD5

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

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