#BDBCDD#BDBCDD

#BDBCDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.046 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCDD
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(242, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, 6.90, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 17.73, 292.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0133 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.046 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0178, 52.0052, 75.6901)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCDD #DCDDBC

analogous

#BCCBDD #BDBCDD #CDBCDD

triadic

#BDBCDD #DDBDBC #BCDDBD

tetradic

#BDBCDD #DDBCCB #DCDDBC #BCDDCD

square

#BDBCDD #DDBCCB #DCDDBC #BCDDCD

split-complementary

#BDBCDD #DDCDBC #CBDDBC

monochromatic

#6D6BB4 #9593C8 #BDBCDD #E5E5F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BDBCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCDD

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCDD	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.046 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e7',
    500: '#bdbcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcdd;
$custom-light: #d1d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.818,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80672,
    "c": 0.04623,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCDD

secondary

#B3B589

accent

#AB3AA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCDD

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

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