#BDBCDB#BDBCDB

#BDBCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.043 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCDB
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(242, 30%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, 6.48, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 16.66, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0126 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.043 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7529, 51.8993, 74.2951)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCDB #DADBBC

analogous

#BCCBDB #BDBCDB #CCBCDB

triadic

#BDBCDB #DBBDBC #BCDBBD

tetradic

#BDBCDB #DBBCCB #DADBBC #BCDBCC

square

#BDBCDB #DBBCCB #DADBBC #BCDBCC

split-complementary

#BDBCDB #DBCCBC #CBDBBC

monochromatic

#6F6CB0 #9694C6 #BDBCDB #E4E4F0 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BDBCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCDB

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCDB	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.043 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e6',
    500: '#bdbcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcdb;
$custom-light: #d1d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80602,
    "c": 0.04343,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCDB

secondary

#B1B289

accent

#A93DA5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCDB

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

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