#BFBDD5#BFBDD5

#BFBDD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.034 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDD5
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(245, 22%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 5.35, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 12.91, 294.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0112 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.034 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6913, 52.2754, 70.3048)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDD5 #D3D5BD

analogous

#BDC7D5 #BFBDD5 #CBBDD5

triadic

#BFBDD5 #D5BFBD #BDD5BF

tetradic

#BFBDD5 #D5BDC7 #D3D5BD #BDD5CB

square

#BFBDD5 #D5BDC7 #D3D5BD #BDD5CB

split-complementary

#BFBDD5 #D5CBBD #C7D5BD

monochromatic

#7672A5 #9B98BD #BFBDD5 #E3E2ED #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BFBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BFBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDD5

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDD5	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BFD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.034 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0e2',
    500: '#bfbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdd5;
$custom-light: #d2d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80754,
    "c": 0.03357,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDD5

secondary

#A8AB8C

accent

#A14599

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDD5

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

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