#BDBDDC#BDBDDC

#BDBDDC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.043 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDDC
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(240, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, 6.15, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 16.64, 291.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% 0.0115 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.043 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0993, 52.3808, 75.0620)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDDC #DCDCBD

analogous

#BDCCDC #BDBDDC #CCBDDC

triadic

#BDBDDC #DCBDBD #BDDCBD

tetradic

#BDBDDC #DCBDCC #DCDCBD #BDDCCC

square

#BDBDDC #DCBDCC #DCDCBD #BDDCCC

split-complementary

#BDBDDC #DCCCBD #CCDCBD

monochromatic

#6D6DB2 #9595C7 #BDBDDC #E5E5F1 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BDBDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDDC

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDDC	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.043 285.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80837,
    "c": 0.04342,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDDC

secondary

#B3B38A

accent

#A93CA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDDC

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

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