#BDBED8#BDBED8

#BDBED8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.036 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBED8
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(238, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, 4.77, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 13.94, 290.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% 0.0087 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.036 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7917, 52.6031, 72.3773)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBED8 #D8D7BD

analogous

#BDCCD8 #BDBED8 #CABDD8

triadic

#BDBED8 #D8BDBE #BED8BD

tetradic

#BDBED8 #D8BDCC #D8D7BD #BDD8CA

square

#BDBED8 #D8BDCC #D8D7BD #BDD8CA

split-complementary

#BDBED8 #D8CABD #CCD8BD

monochromatic

#7072AB #9798C1 #BDBED8 #E3E4EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BDBED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBED8

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBED8	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.036 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e4',
    500: '#bdbed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbed8;
$custom-light: #d1d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.778,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80899,
    "c": 0.03642,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBED8

secondary

#AEAD8B

accent

#A141A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBED8

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

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