#BDBCD6#BDBCD6

#BDBCD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.036 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD6
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(242, 24%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 5.44, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 13.98, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0108 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.036 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1045, 51.6399, 70.8804)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD6 #D5D6BC

analogous

#BCC8D6 #BDBCD6 #CABCD6

triadic

#BDBCD6 #D6BDBC #BCD6BD

tetradic

#BDBCD6 #D6BCC8 #D5D6BC #BCD6CA

square

#BDBCD6 #D6BCC8 #D5D6BC #BCD6CA

split-complementary

#BDBCD6 #D6CABC #C8D6BC

monochromatic

#7270A8 #9896BF #BDBCD6 #E2E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BDBCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD6

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD6	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.036 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e2',
    500: '#bdbcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd6;
$custom-light: #d1d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80429,
    "c": 0.0364,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD6

secondary

#ABAC8A

accent

#A3439F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD6

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

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