#BDBCDE#BDBCDE

#BDBCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.048 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCDE
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(242, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 7.11, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 18.27, 292.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0136 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.048 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1514, 52.0587, 76.3939)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCDE #DDDEBC

analogous

#BCCCDE #BDBCDE #CEBCDE

triadic

#BDBCDE #DEBDBC #BCDEBD

tetradic

#BDBCDE #DEBCCC #DDDEBC #BCDECE

square

#BDBCDE #DEBCCC #DDDEBC #BCDECE

split-complementary

#BDBCDE #DECEBC #CCDEBC

monochromatic

#6C6AB6 #9593CA #BDBCDE #E5E5F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BDBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCDE

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCDE	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.048 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e8',
    500: '#bdbcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcde;
$custom-light: #d1d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80708,
    "c": 0.04764,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCDE

secondary

#B5B688

accent

#AD39A9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCDE

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

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