#BDBED5#BDBED5

#BDBED5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.032 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBED5
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(238, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 4.15, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 12.33, 289.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% 0.0076 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.032 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4074, 52.4494, 70.3533)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBED5 #D5D4BD

analogous

#BDCAD5 #BDBED5 #C8BDD5

triadic

#BDBED5 #D5BDBE #BED5BD

tetradic

#BDBED5 #D5BDCA #D5D4BD #BDD5C8

square

#BDBED5 #D5BDCA #D5D4BD #BDD5C8

split-complementary

#BDBED5 #D5C8BD #CAD5BD

monochromatic

#7274A5 #9899BD #BDBED5 #E2E3ED #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#BDBED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBED5

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBED5	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)

#B9C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.032 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e2',
    500: '#bdbed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbed5;
$custom-light: #d1d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80797,
    "c": 0.03221,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBED5

secondary

#ABA98C

accent

#9D45A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBED5

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

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