#BDBDDD#BDBDDD

#BDBDDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.045 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDDD
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(240, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, 6.36, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 17.17, 291.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.0119 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.045 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2321, 52.4339, 75.7615)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDDD #DDDDBD

analogous

#BDCDDD #BDBDDD #CDBDDD

triadic

#BDBDDD #DDBDBD #BDDDBD

tetradic

#BDBDDD #DDBDCD #DDDDBD #BDDDCD

square

#BDBDDD #DDBDCD #DDDDBD #BDDDCD

split-complementary

#BDBDDD #DDCDBD #CDDDBD

monochromatic

#6C6CB3 #9595C8 #BDBDDD #E5E5F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#BDBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDDD

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDDD	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.045 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e7',
    500: '#bdbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbddd;
$custom-light: #d1d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80872,
    "c": 0.04482,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDDD

secondary

#B5B58A

accent

#AB3BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDDD

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

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