#BDBCDC#BDBCDC

#BDBCDC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.045 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCDC
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(242, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, 6.69, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 17.20, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0129 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.045 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8849, 51.9521, 74.9905)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCDC #DBDCBC

analogous

#BCCBDC #BDBCDC #CDBCDC

triadic

#BDBCDC #DCBDBC #BCDCBD

tetradic

#BDBCDC #DCBCCB #DBDCBC #BCDCCD

square

#BDBCDC #DCBCCB #DBDCBC #BCDCCD

split-complementary

#BDBCDC #DCCDBC #CBDCBC

monochromatic

#6E6CB2 #9594C7 #BDBCDC #E5E4F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BDBCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCDC

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCDC	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.045 286.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.875,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80637,
    "c": 0.04483,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCDC

secondary

#B2B389

accent

#AA3BA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCDC

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

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