#BDBFD5#BDBFD5

#BDBFD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.031 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFD5
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 213)
HSL	hsl(235, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, 3.61, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 11.80, 287.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81% 0.0062 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.031 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6248, 52.8841, 70.4257)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFD5 #D5D3BD

analogous

#BDCBD5 #BDBFD5 #C7BDD5

triadic

#BDBFD5 #D5BDBF #BFD5BD

tetradic

#BDBFD5 #D5BDCB #D5D3BD #BDD5C7

square

#BDBFD5 #D5BDCB #D5D3BD #BDD5C7

split-complementary

#BDBFD5 #D5C7BD #CBD5BD

monochromatic

#7276A5 #989BBD #BDBFD5 #E2E3ED #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#BDBFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFD5

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFD5	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)

#BAC1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.031 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e1',
    500: '#bdbfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfd5;
$custom-light: #d1d2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80999,
    "c": 0.03088,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFD5

secondary

#ABA88C

accent

#9945A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFD5

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

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