#BDBCD7#BDBCD7

#BDBCD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.038 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD7
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(242, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, 5.64, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 14.51, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0112 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.038 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2326, 51.6912, 71.5551)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD7 #D6D7BC

analogous

#BCC9D7 #BDBCD7 #CBBCD7

triadic

#BDBCD7 #D7BDBC #BCD7BD

tetradic

#BDBCD7 #D7BCC9 #D6D7BC #BCD7CB

square

#BDBCD7 #D7BCC9 #D6D7BC #BCD7CB

split-complementary

#BDBCD7 #D7CBBC #C9D7BC

monochromatic

#726FA9 #9796C0 #BDBCD7 #E3E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDBCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD7

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD7	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.038 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e3',
    500: '#bdbcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd7;
$custom-light: #d1d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80463,
    "c": 0.0378,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD7

secondary

#ACAD8A

accent

#A442A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD7

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

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