#BDBFD7#BDBFD7

#BDBFD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.034 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFD7
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 215)
HSL	hsl(235, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, 4.03, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 12.86, 288.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0069 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.034 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8802, 52.9862, 71.7709)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFD7 #D7D5BD

analogous

#BDCCD7 #BDBFD7 #C8BDD7

triadic

#BDBFD7 #D7BDBF #BFD7BD

tetradic

#BDBFD7 #D7BDCC #D7D5BD #BDD7C8

square

#BDBFD7 #D7BDCC #D7D5BD #BDD7C8

split-complementary

#BDBFD7 #D7C8BD #CCD7BD

monochromatic

#7175A9 #979AC0 #BDBFD7 #E3E4EE #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BDBFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFD7

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFD7	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.034 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e3',
    500: '#bdbfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfd7;
$custom-light: #d1d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81066,
    "c": 0.03368,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFD7

secondary

#ADAA8B

accent

#9C42A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFD7

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

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