#BDBDD8#BDBDD8

#BDBDD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.038 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD8
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 216)
HSL	hsl(240, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 5.31, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 14.49, 291.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0101 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.038 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5759, 52.1714, 72.3053)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD8 #D8D8BD

analogous

#BDCBD8 #BDBDD8 #CBBDD8

triadic

#BDBDD8 #D8BDBD #BDD8BD

tetradic

#BDBDD8 #D8BDCB #D8D8BD #BDD8CB

square

#BDBDD8 #D8BDCB #D8D8BD #BDD8CB

split-complementary

#BDBDD8 #D8CBBD #CBD8BD

monochromatic

#7070AB #9797C1 #BDBDD8 #E3E3EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BDBDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD8

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD8	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.038 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e4',
    500: '#bdbdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd8;
$custom-light: #d1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80698,
    "c": 0.0378,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD8

secondary

#AEAE8B

accent

#A441A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD8

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

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