#BDBDD6#BDBDD6

#BDBDD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.035 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD6
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 214)
HSL	hsl(240, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 4.90, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 13.42, 291.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% 0.0094 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.035 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3189, 52.0686, 70.9519)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD6 #D6D6BD

analogous

#BDCAD6 #BDBDD6 #CABDD6

triadic

#BDBDD6 #D6BDBD #BDD6BD

tetradic

#BDBDD6 #D6BDCA #D6D6BD #BDD6CA

square

#BDBDD6 #D6BDCA #D6D6BD #BDD6CA

split-complementary

#BDBDD6 #D6CABD #CAD6BD

monochromatic

#7272A7 #9797BF #BDBDD6 #E3E3ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BDBDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD6

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD6	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.035 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e2',
    500: '#bdbdd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd6;
$custom-light: #d1d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 23.364,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8063,
    "c": 0.03499,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD6

secondary

#ACAC8B

accent

#A244A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD6

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

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