#BDBFD4#BDBFD4

#BDBFD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.029 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFD4
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 212)
HSL	hsl(235, 21%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 3.41, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 11.26, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0058 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.029 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4982, 52.8335, 69.7593)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFD4 #D4D2BD

analogous

#BDCAD4 #BDBFD4 #C6BDD4

triadic

#BDBFD4 #D4BDBF #BFD4BD

tetradic

#BDBFD4 #D4BDCA #D4D2BD #BDD4C6

square

#BDBFD4 #D4BDCA #D4D2BD #BDD4C6

split-complementary

#BDBFD4 #D4C6BD #CAD4BD

monochromatic

#7377A4 #989BBC #BDBFD4 #E2E3EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BDBFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFD4

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFD4	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.029 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e1',
    500: '#bdbfd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfd4;
$custom-light: #d1d2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 21.101,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80965,
    "c": 0.02948,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFD4

secondary

#A9A78C

accent

#98469F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFD4

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

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