#BDBDD5#BDBDD5

#BDBDD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.034 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD5
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(240, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, 4.69, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 12.88, 291.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.009 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.034 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1916, 52.0177, 70.2814)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD5 #D5D5BD

analogous

#BDC9D5 #BDBDD5 #C9BDD5

triadic

#BDBDD5 #D5BDBD #BDD5BD

tetradic

#BDBDD5 #D5BDC9 #D5D5BD #BDD5C9

square

#BDBDD5 #D5BDC9 #D5D5BD #BDD5C9

split-complementary

#BDBDD5 #D5C9BD #C9D5BD

monochromatic

#7272A5 #9898BD #BDBDD5 #E2E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BDBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD5

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD5	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.034 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e2',
    500: '#bdbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd5;
$custom-light: #d1d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80596,
    "c": 0.03359,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD5

secondary

#ABAB8C

accent

#A145A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD5

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

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