#BDBDDB#BDBDDB

#BDBDDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.042 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDDB
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(240, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, 5.94, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 16.10, 291.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% 0.0112 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.042 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9673, 52.3280, 74.3666)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDDB #DBDBBD

analogous

#BDCCDB #BDBDDB #CCBDDB

triadic

#BDBDDB #DBBDBD #BDDBBD

tetradic

#BDBDDB #DBBDCC #DBDBBD #BDDBCC

square

#BDBDDB #DBBDCC #DBDBBD #BDDBCC

split-complementary

#BDBDDB #DBCCBD #CCDBBD

monochromatic

#6E6EB0 #9595C5 #BDBDDB #E5E5F1 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BDBDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDDB

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDDB	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.042 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e6',
    500: '#bdbddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbddb;
$custom-light: #d1d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80802,
    "c": 0.04201,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDDB

secondary

#B2B28A

accent

#A83DA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDDB

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

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