#BDBFDA#BDBFDA

#BDBFDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.038 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFDA
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(236, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, 4.65, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 14.47, 288.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.008 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.038 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2692, 53.1418, 73.8197)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFDA #DAD8BD

analogous

#BDCEDA #BDBFDA #CABDDA

triadic

#BDBFDA #DABDBF #BFDABD

tetradic

#BDBFDA #DABDCE #DAD8BD #BDDACA

square

#BDBFDA #DABDCE #DAD8BD #BDDACA

split-complementary

#BDBFDA #DACABD #CEDABD

monochromatic

#6F73AE #9699C4 #BDBFDA #E4E5F0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#BDBFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFDA

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFDA	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.038 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e5',
    500: '#bdbfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfda;
$custom-light: #d1d2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFDA

secondary

#B1AE8A

accent

#A03FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFDA

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

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