#BDBDD2#BDBDD2

#BDBDD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.029 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD2
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 210)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 10%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, 4.08, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 11.27, 291.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% 0.008 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.029 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8143, 51.8668, 68.2945)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD2 #D2D2BD

analogous

#BDC7D2 #BDBDD2 #C7BDD2

triadic

#BDBDD2 #D2BDBD #BDD2BD

tetradic

#BDBDD2 #D2BDC7 #D2D2BD #BDD2C7

square

#BDBDD2 #D2BDC7 #D2D2BD #BDD2C7

split-complementary

#BDBDD2 #D2C7BD #C7D2BD

monochromatic

#7474A0 #9999B9 #BDBDD2 #E1E1EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BDBDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD2

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD2	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.029 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0df',
    500: '#bdbdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd2;
$custom-light: #d1d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80495,
    "c": 0.02937,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD2

secondary

#A7A78C

accent

#9D489D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD2

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

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