#BDBFE3#BDBFE3

#BDBFE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.051 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFE3
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 40%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, 6.56, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 19.28, 289.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0111 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.051 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4790, 53.6258, 80.1914)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFE3 #E3E1BD

analogous

#BDD2E3 #BDBFE3 #CEBDE3

triadic

#BDBFE3 #E3BDBF #BFE3BD

tetradic

#BDBFE3 #E3BDD2 #E3E1BD #BDE3CE

square

#BDBFE3 #E3BDD2 #E3E1BD #BDE3CE

split-complementary

#BDBFE3 #E3CEBD #D2E3BD

monochromatic

#676CBF #9295D1 #BDBFE3 #E8E9F5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDBFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#BDBFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFE3

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFE3	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.051 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2eb',
    500: '#bdbfe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfe3;
$custom-light: #d1d2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81484,
    "c": 0.05051,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFE3

secondary

#BCBA88

accent

#AD32B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFE3

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

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