#BDB3FF#BDB3FF

#BDB3FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.107 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3FF
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 255)
HSL	hsl(248, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(248, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 29.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 19.45, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 41.16, 298.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0362 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.107 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1519, 50.2781, 101.3873)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3FF #F5FFB3

analogous

#B3CFFF #BDB3FF #E3B3FF

triadic

#BDB3FF #FFBDB3 #B3FFBD

tetradic

#BDB3FF #FFB3CF #F5FFB3 #B3FFE3

square

#BDB3FF #FFB3CF #F5FFB3 #B3FFE3

split-complementary

#BDB3FF #FFE3B3 #CFFFB3

monochromatic

#5339FF #8876FF #BDB3FF #E4E0FF #E4E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDB3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BDB3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3FF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3FF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FBAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.107 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c9ff',
    500: '#bdb3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ff;
$custom-light: #d2c9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.895,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80262,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3FF

secondary

#D6E670

accent

#E600C7

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FF

border

#D4D2D7

text

#141318

muted

#838286

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3FF

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

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