#BDBED1#BDBED1

#BDBED1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.027 H 283.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBED1
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 209)
HSL	hsl(237, 18%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 10%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, 3.34, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 10.19, 289.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0062 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.027 283.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9060, 52.2488, 67.7124)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBED1 #D1D0BD

analogous

#BDC8D1 #BDBED1 #C6BDD1

triadic

#BDBED1 #D1BDBE #BED1BD

tetradic

#BDBED1 #D1BDC8 #D1D0BD #BDD1C6

square

#BDBED1 #D1BDC8 #D1D0BD #BDD1C6

split-complementary

#BDBED1 #D1C6BD #C8D1BD

monochromatic

#75779F #999AB8 #BDBED1 #E1E2EA #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BDBED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBED1

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBED1	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.027 283.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1df',
    500: '#bdbed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbed1;
$custom-light: #d1d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80664,
    "c": 0.0266,
    "h": 283.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBED1

secondary

#A6A58C

accent

#98499C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBED1

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

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