#BDBED3#BDBED3

#BDBED3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.029 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBED3
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(237, 20%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 10%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 3.74, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 11.26, 289.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.0069 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.029 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1552, 52.3485, 69.0246)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBED3 #D3D2BD

analogous

#BDC9D3 #BDBED3 #C7BDD3

triadic

#BDBED3 #D3BDBE #BED3BD

tetradic

#BDBED3 #D3BDC9 #D3D2BD #BDD3C7

square

#BDBED3 #D3BDC9 #D3D2BD #BDD3C7

split-complementary

#BDBED3 #D3C7BD #C9D3BD

monochromatic

#7476A2 #989ABB #BDBED3 #E2E2EB #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BDBED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBED3

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBED3	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)

#B9C0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.029 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e0',
    500: '#bdbed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbed3;
$custom-light: #d1d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8073,
    "c": 0.02941,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBED3

secondary

#A8A78C

accent

#9A479E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBED3

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

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