#BDB5EA#BDB5EA

#BDB5EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.075 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5EA
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 234)
HSL	hsl(249, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(249, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 22.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 13.54, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 28.77, 298.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.0274 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.075 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3580, 49.8065, 84.6811)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5EA #E2EAB5

analogous

#B5C8EA #BDB5EA #D8B5EA

triadic

#BDB5EA #EABDB5 #B5EABD

tetradic

#BDB5EA #EAB5C8 #E2EAB5 #B5EAD8

square

#BDB5EA #EAB5C8 #E2EAB5 #B5EAD8

split-complementary

#BDB5EA #EAD8B5 #C8EAB5

monochromatic

#6856CF #9285DC #BDB5EA #E8E5F8 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDB5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BDB5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5EA

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5EA	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.075 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbf0',
    500: '#bdb5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5ea;
$custom-light: #d1cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.057,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7978,
    "c": 0.07473,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5EA

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C322AB

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5EA

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

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