#BDBEDD#BDBEDD

#BDBEDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.043 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEDD
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 5.82, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 16.62, 290.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0104 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.043 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4480, 52.8656, 75.8335)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEDD #DDDCBD

analogous

#BDCEDD #BDBEDD #CCBDDD

triadic

#BDBEDD #DDBDBE #BEDDBD

tetradic

#BDBEDD #DDBDCE #DDDCBD #BDDDCC

square

#BDBEDD #DDBDCE #DDDCBD #BDDDCC

split-complementary

#BDBEDD #DDCCBD #CEDDBD

monochromatic

#6C6EB3 #9596C8 #BDBEDD #E5E6F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BDBEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEDD

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEDD	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.043 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e7',
    500: '#bdbedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbedd;
$custom-light: #d1d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.125,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81072,
    "c": 0.04345,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEDD

secondary

#B5B38A

accent

#A73BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEDD

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

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