#BDBDD3#BDBDD3

#BDBDD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.031 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD3
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(240, 20%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 4.28, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 11.81, 291.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0083 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.031 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9393, 51.9168, 68.9527)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD3 #D3D3BD

analogous

#BDC8D3 #BDBDD3 #C8BDD3

triadic

#BDBDD3 #D3BDBD #BDD3BD

tetradic

#BDBDD3 #D3BDC8 #D3D3BD #BDD3C8

square

#BDBDD3 #D3BDC8 #D3D3BD #BDD3C8

split-complementary

#BDBDD3 #D3C8BD #C8D3BD

monochromatic

#7474A2 #9898BB #BDBDD3 #E2E2EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BDBDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD3

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD3	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.031 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e0',
    500: '#bdbdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd3;
$custom-light: #d1d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80528,
    "c": 0.03078,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD3

secondary

#A8A88C

accent

#9E479E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD3

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

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