#BDBCDA#BDBCDA

#BDBCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.042 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCDA
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(242, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 6.27, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 16.12, 292.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0123 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.042 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6217, 51.8468, 73.6039)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCDA #D9DABC

analogous

#BCCADA #BDBCDA #CCBCDA

triadic

#BDBCDA #DABDBC #BCDABD

tetradic

#BDBCDA #DABCCA #D9DABC #BCDACC

square

#BDBCDA #DABCCA #D9DABC #BCDACC

split-complementary

#BDBCDA #DACCBC #CADABC

monochromatic

#6F6DAE #9695C4 #BDBCDA #E4E3F0 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BDBCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCDA

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCDA	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.042 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e5',
    500: '#bdbcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcda;
$custom-light: #d1d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.04203,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCDA

secondary

#B0B189

accent

#A73EA4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCDA

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

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