#BDBDD7#BDBDD7

#BDBDD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.036 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD7
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 5.10, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 13.95, 291.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0098 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.036 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4470, 52.1199, 71.6265)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD7 #D7D7BD

analogous

#BDCAD7 #BDBDD7 #CABDD7

triadic

#BDBDD7 #D7BDBD #BDD7BD

tetradic

#BDBDD7 #D7BDCA #D7D7BD #BDD7CA

square

#BDBDD7 #D7BDCA #D7D7BD #BDD7CA

split-complementary

#BDBDD7 #D7CABD #CAD7BD

monochromatic

#7171A9 #9797C0 #BDBDD7 #E3E3EE #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BDBDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD7

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD7	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.036 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e3',
    500: '#bdbdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd7;
$custom-light: #d1d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80664,
    "c": 0.03639,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD7

secondary

#ADAD8B

accent

#A342A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD7

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

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