#BDBCD8#BDBCD8

#BDBCD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.039 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD8
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(242, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 5.85, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 15.05, 292.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.0115 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.039 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3615, 51.7427, 72.2339)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD8 #D7D8BC

analogous

#BCC9D8 #BDBCD8 #CBBCD8

triadic

#BDBCD8 #D8BDBC #BCD8BD

tetradic

#BDBCD8 #D8BCC9 #D7D8BC #BCD8CB

square

#BDBCD8 #D8BCC9 #D7D8BC #BCD8CB

split-complementary

#BDBCD8 #D8CBBC #C9D8BC

monochromatic

#716FAB #9795C1 #BDBCD8 #E3E3EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BDBCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD8

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD8	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.039 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e4',
    500: '#bdbcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd8;
$custom-light: #d1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80497,
    "c": 0.03921,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD8

secondary

#ADAE8A

accent

#A541A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD8

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

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