#BDBDCF#BDBDCF

#BDBDCF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.025 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDCF
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 3.47, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 9.66, 291.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0069 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.025 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4441, 51.7187, 66.3445)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDCF #CFCFBD

analogous

#BDC6CF #BDBDCF #C6BDCF

triadic

#BDBDCF #CFBDBD #BDCFBD

tetradic

#BDBDCF #CFBDC6 #CFCFBD #BDCFC6

square

#BDBDCF #CFBDC6 #CFCFBD #BDCFC6

split-complementary

#BDBDCF #CFC6BD #C6CFBD

monochromatic

#76769B #9A9AB5 #BDBDCF #E0E0E9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDBDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDCF

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDCF	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.025 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0dd',
    500: '#bdbdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdcf;
$custom-light: #d1d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80396,
    "c": 0.02516,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDCF

secondary

#A3A38D

accent

#9A4B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDCF

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

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