#BDBEDE#BDBEDE

#BDBEDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.045 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEDE
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, 6.03, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 17.15, 290.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% 0.0108 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.045 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5816, 52.9191, 76.5373)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEDE #DEDDBD

analogous

#BDCEDE #BDBEDE #CCBDDE

triadic

#BDBEDE #DEBDBE #BEDEBD

tetradic

#BDBEDE #DEBDCE #DEDDBD #BDDECC

square

#BDBEDE #DEBDCE #DEDDBD #BDDECC

split-complementary

#BDBEDE #DECCBD #CEDEBD

monochromatic

#6B6EB5 #9496CA #BDBEDE #E6E6F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#BDBEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEDE

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEDE	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.045 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e8',
    500: '#bdbede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbede;
$custom-light: #d1d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.182,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81107,
    "c": 0.04485,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEDE

secondary

#B6B589

accent

#A939AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEDE

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

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