#BDBDD1#BDBDD1

#BDBDD1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.028 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD1
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 209)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 3.88, -10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 10.74, 291.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0076 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.028 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6902, 51.8171, 67.6404)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD1 #D1D1BD

analogous

#BDC7D1 #BDBDD1 #C7BDD1

triadic

#BDBDD1 #D1BDBD #BDD1BD

tetradic

#BDBDD1 #D1BDC7 #D1D1BD #BDD1C7

square

#BDBDD1 #D1BDC7 #D1D1BD #BDD1C7

split-complementary

#BDBDD1 #D1C7BD #C7D1BD

monochromatic

#75759F #9999B8 #BDBDD1 #E1E1EA #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBDD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BDBDD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD1

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD1	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.028 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0df',
    500: '#bdbdd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd1;
$custom-light: #d1d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80462,
    "c": 0.02797,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD1

secondary

#A6A68C

accent

#9C499C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD1

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

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