#BDBEDB#BDBEDB

#BDBEDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.041 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEDB
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(238, 29%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 5.40, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 15.55, 290.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81% 0.0098 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.041 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1831, 52.7597, 74.4385)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEDB #DBDABD

analogous

#BDCDDB #BDBEDB #CBBDDB

triadic

#BDBEDB #DBBDBE #BEDBBD

tetradic

#BDBEDB #DBBDCD #DBDABD #BDDBCB

square

#BDBEDB #DBBDCD #DBDABD #BDDBCB

split-complementary

#BDBEDB #DBCBBD #CDDBBD

monochromatic

#6E70B0 #9597C5 #BDBEDB #E5E5F1 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BDBEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEDB

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEDB	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.041 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e6',
    500: '#bdbedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbedb;
$custom-light: #d1d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81002,
    "c": 0.04064,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEDB

secondary

#B2B18A

accent

#A53DA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEDB

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

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