#BDBFD6#BDBFD6

#BDBFD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.032 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFD6
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 214)
HSL	hsl(235, 23%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 3.82, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 12.33, 288.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% 0.0066 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.032 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7521, 52.9350, 71.0963)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFD6 #D6D4BD

analogous

#BDCCD6 #BDBFD6 #C8BDD6

triadic

#BDBFD6 #D6BDBF #BFD6BD

tetradic

#BDBFD6 #D6BDCC #D6D4BD #BDD6C8

square

#BDBFD6 #D6BDCC #D6D4BD #BDD6C8

split-complementary

#BDBFD6 #D6C8BD #CCD6BD

monochromatic

#7276A7 #979ABF #BDBFD6 #E3E4ED #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BDBFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFD6

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFD6	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.032 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e2',
    500: '#bdbfd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfd6;
$custom-light: #d1d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 23.364,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81032,
    "c": 0.03228,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFD6

secondary

#ACA98B

accent

#9A44A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFD6

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

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