#BDBED9#BDBED9

#BDBED9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.038 H 283.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBED9
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(238, 27%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, 4.98, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 14.48, 290.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0091 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.038 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9214, 52.6550, 73.0602)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBED9 #D9D8BD

analogous

#BDCCD9 #BDBED9 #CABDD9

triadic

#BDBED9 #D9BDBE #BED9BD

tetradic

#BDBED9 #D9BDCC #D9D8BD #BDD9CA

square

#BDBED9 #D9BDCC #D9D8BD #BDD9CA

split-complementary

#BDBED9 #D9CABD #CCD9BD

monochromatic

#6F72AC #9698C3 #BDBED9 #E4E4EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BDBED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBED9

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBED9	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.038 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e4',
    500: '#bdbed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbed9;
$custom-light: #d1d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80933,
    "c": 0.03783,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBED9

secondary

#B0AE8B

accent

#A240A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBED9

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

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