#BDBDD4#BDBDD4

#BDBDD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.032 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD4
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 4.49, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 12.35, 291.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0087 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.032 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.0651, 51.9671, 69.6150)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD4 #D4D4BD

analogous

#BDC8D4 #BDBDD4 #C8BDD4

triadic

#BDBDD4 #D4BDBD #BDD4BD

tetradic

#BDBDD4 #D4BDC8 #D4D4BD #BDD4C8

square

#BDBDD4 #D4BDC8 #D4D4BD #BDD4C8

split-complementary

#BDBDD4 #D4C8BD #C8D4BD

monochromatic

#7373A4 #9898BC #BDBDD4 #E2E2EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BDBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD4

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD4	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.032 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e1',
    500: '#bdbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd4;
$custom-light: #d1d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 21.101,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.03218,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD4

secondary

#A9A98C

accent

#9F469F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD4

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

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