#BDBFDD#BDBFDD

#BDBFDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.042 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFDD
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(236, 32%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, 5.28, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 16.07, 289.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.009 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.042 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6653, 53.3003, 75.9059)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFDD #DDDBBD

analogous

#BDCFDD #BDBFDD #CBBDDD

triadic

#BDBFDD #DDBDBF #BFDDBD

tetradic

#BDBFDD #DDBDCF #DDDBBD #BDDDCB

square

#BDBFDD #DDBDCF #DDDBBD #BDDDCB

split-complementary

#BDBFDD #DDCBBD #CFDDBD

monochromatic

#6C71B3 #9598C8 #BDBFDD #E5E6F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BDBFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFDD

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFDD	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.042 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e7',
    500: '#bdbfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfdd;
$custom-light: #d1d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81272,
    "c": 0.04209,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFDD

secondary

#B5B28A

accent

#A43BAB

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFDD

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

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