#BDBDCE#BDBDCE

#BDBDCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.024 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDCE
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, 3.27, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 9.13, 291.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0065 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.024 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3222, 51.6700, 65.7027)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDCE #CECEBD

analogous

#BDC6CE #BDBDCE #C6BDCE

triadic

#BDBDCE #CEBDBD #BDCEBD

tetradic

#BDBDCE #CEBDC6 #CECEBD #BDCEC6

square

#BDBDCE #CEBDC6 #CECEBD #BDCEC6

split-complementary

#BDBDCE #CEC6BD #C6CEBD

monochromatic

#77779A #9A9AB4 #BDBDCE #E0E0E8 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BDBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDCE

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDCE	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.024 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0dd',
    500: '#bdbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdce;
$custom-light: #d0d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80364,
    "c": 0.02376,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDCE

secondary

#A2A28D

accent

#994D99

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDCE

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

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