#BDBDD9#BDBDD9

#BDBDD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.039 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDD9
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(240, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, 5.52, -13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 15.03, 291.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.0105 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.039 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7056, 52.2233, 72.9882)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDD9 #D9D9BD

analogous

#BDCBD9 #BDBDD9 #CBBDD9

triadic

#BDBDD9 #D9BDBD #BDD9BD

tetradic

#BDBDD9 #D9BDCB #D9D9BD #BDD9CB

square

#BDBDD9 #D9BDCB #D9D9BD #BDD9CB

split-complementary

#BDBDD9 #D9CBBD #CBD9BD

monochromatic

#6F6FAC #9696C3 #BDBDD9 #E4E4EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BDBDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDD9

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDD9	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.039 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e4',
    500: '#bdbdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdd9;
$custom-light: #d1d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80732,
    "c": 0.0392,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDD9

secondary

#B0B08B

accent

#A640A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDD9

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

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