#BDB5EB#BDB5EB

#BDB5EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.076 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5EB
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(249, 57%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(249, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, 13.76, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 29.31, 298.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0277 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.076 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5021, 49.8641, 85.4399)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5EB #E3EBB5

analogous

#B5C8EB #BDB5EB #D8B5EB

triadic

#BDB5EB #EBBDB5 #B5EBBD

tetradic

#BDB5EB #EBB5C8 #E3EBB5 #B5EBD8

square

#BDB5EB #EBB5C8 #E3EBB5 #B5EBD8

split-complementary

#BDB5EB #EBD8B5 #C8EBB5

monochromatic

#6755D1 #9285DE #BDB5EB #E8E5F8 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5EB

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5EB	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.076 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbf1',
    500: '#bdb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5eb;
$custom-light: #d1cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.07612,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5EB

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C520AD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5EB

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

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