#BDBFD8#BDBFD8

#BDBFD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.035 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFD8
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 4.23, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 13.40, 288.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% 0.0073 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.035 282)
XYZ	xyz(52.0091, 53.0378, 72.4497)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFD8 #D8D6BD

analogous

#BDCDD8 #BDBFD8 #C9BDD8

triadic

#BDBFD8 #D8BDBF #BFD8BD

tetradic

#BDBFD8 #D8BDCD #D8D6BD #BDD8C9

square

#BDBFD8 #D8BDCD #D8D6BD #BDD8C9

split-complementary

#BDBFD8 #D8C9BD #CDD8BD

monochromatic

#7074AB #979AC1 #BDBFD8 #E3E4EF #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BDBFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFD8

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFD8	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.035 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e4',
    500: '#bdbfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfd8;
$custom-light: #d1d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.811,
    "c": 0.03508,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.53038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFD8

secondary

#AEAC8B

accent

#9D41A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFD8

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

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