#BDBED7#BDBED7

#BDBED7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.035 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBED7
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 215)
HSL	hsl(238, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 4.56, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 13.40, 289.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0083 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.035 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6629, 52.5516, 71.6985)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBED7 #D7D6BD

analogous

#BDCBD7 #BDBED7 #C9BDD7

triadic

#BDBED7 #D7BDBE #BED7BD

tetradic

#BDBED7 #D7BDCB #D7D6BD #BDD7C9

square

#BDBED7 #D7BDCB #D7D6BD #BDD7C9

split-complementary

#BDBED7 #D7C9BD #CBD7BD

monochromatic

#7173A9 #9798C0 #BDBED7 #E3E4EE #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BDBED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBED7

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBED7	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.035 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e3',
    500: '#bdbed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbed7;
$custom-light: #d1d1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80865,
    "c": 0.03502,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBED7

secondary

#ADAC8B

accent

#9F42A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBED7

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

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