#BDBED6#BDBED6

#BDBED6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.034 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBED6
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(238, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, 4.36, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 12.87, 289.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.008 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.034 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5348, 52.5003, 71.0238)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBED6 #D6D5BD

analogous

#BDCBD6 #BDBED6 #C9BDD6

triadic

#BDBED6 #D6BDBE #BED6BD

tetradic

#BDBED6 #D6BDCB #D6D5BD #BDD6C9

square

#BDBED6 #D6BDCB #D6D5BD #BDD6C9

split-complementary

#BDBED6 #D6C9BD #CBD6BD

monochromatic

#7274A7 #9799BF #BDBED6 #E3E3ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BDBED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBED6

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBED6	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.034 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e2',
    500: '#bdbed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbed6;
$custom-light: #d1d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 23.364,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.03362,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBED6

secondary

#ACAB8B

accent

#9E44A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBED6

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

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