#BDBFDF#BDBFDF

#BDBFDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.045 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFDF
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(236, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, 5.70, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 17.14, 289.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0097 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.045 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9334, 53.4075, 77.3176)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFDF #DFDDBD

analogous

#BDD0DF #BDBFDF #CCBDDF

triadic

#BDBFDF #DFBDBF #BFDFBD

tetradic

#BDBFDF #DFBDD0 #DFDDBD #BDDFCC

square

#BDBFDF #DFBDD0 #DFDDBD #BDDFCC

split-complementary

#BDBFDF #DFCCBD #D0DFBD

monochromatic

#6B6FB7 #9497CB #BDBFDF #E6E7F3 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BDBFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFDF

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFDF	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.045 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2e9',
    500: '#bdbfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfdf;
$custom-light: #d1d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81342,
    "c": 0.0449,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFDF

secondary

#B7B489

accent

#A738AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFDF

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

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