#BDBCD9#BDBCD9

#BDBCD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.041 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCD9
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 6.06, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 15.59, 292.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0119 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.041 287)
XYZ	xyz(51.4912, 51.7946, 72.9168)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCD9 #D8D9BC

analogous

#BCCAD9 #BDBCD9 #CCBCD9

triadic

#BDBCD9 #D9BDBC #BCD9BD

tetradic

#BDBCD9 #D9BCCA #D8D9BC #BCD9CC

square

#BDBCD9 #D9BCCA #D8D9BC #BCD9CC

split-complementary

#BDBCD9 #D9CCBC #CAD9BC

monochromatic

#706EAD #9795C3 #BDBCD9 #E3E3EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BDBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCD9

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCD9	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.041 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e4',
    500: '#bdbcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcd9;
$custom-light: #d1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80532,
    "c": 0.04061,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.51795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCD9

secondary

#AEB08A

accent

#A63FA3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCD9

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

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