#BDC3DA#BDC3DA

#BDC3DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.033 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC3DA
RGB	rgb(189, 195, 218)
HSL	hsl(228, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(228, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, 2.50, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 12.41, 281.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% 0.0023 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.033 274)
XYZ	xyz(53.1534, 54.9103, 74.1145)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC3DA #DAD4BD

analogous

#BDD2DA #BDC3DA #C6BDDA

triadic

#BDC3DA #DABDC3 #C3DABD

tetradic

#BDC3DA #DABDD2 #DAD4BD #BDDAC6

square

#BDC3DA #DABDD2 #DAD4BD #BDDAC6

split-complementary

#BDC3DA #DAC6BD #D2DABD

monochromatic

#6F7CAE #969FC4 #BDC3DA #E4E7F0 #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BDC3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC3DA

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC3DA	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 195, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.033 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5e5',
    500: '#bdc3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc3da;
$custom-light: #d1d5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81975,
    "c": 0.0329,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.54911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC3DA

secondary

#B1A98A

accent

#913FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC3DA

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

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