#BDBDD0#BDBDD0

#BDBDD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.027 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD0
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 208)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 3.67, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 10.20, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0072 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.027 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5667, 51.7678, 66.9904)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD0 #D0D0BD

analogous

#BDC6D0 #BDBDD0 #C6BDD0

triadic

#BDBDD0 #D0BDBD #BDD0BD

tetradic

#BDBDD0 #D0BDC6 #D0D0BD #BDD0C6

square

#BDBDD0 #D0BDC6 #D0D0BD #BDD0C6

split-complementary

#BDBDD0 #D0C6BD #C6D0BD

monochromatic

#76769D #9999B7 #BDBDD0 #E1E1E9 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BDBDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD0

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD0	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.027 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0de',
    500: '#bdbdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd0;
$custom-light: #d1d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.814,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80429,
    "c": 0.02656,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD0

secondary

#A5A58D

accent

#9B4A9B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD0

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

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