#BDB5EC#BDB5EC

#BDB5EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.078 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5EC
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(249, 59%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(249, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 13.98, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 29.84, 297.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.028 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.078 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.6470, 49.9221, 86.2029)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5EC #E4ECB5

analogous

#B5C9EC #BDB5EC #D9B5EC

triadic

#BDB5EC #ECBDB5 #B5ECBD

tetradic

#BDB5EC #ECB5C9 #E4ECB5 #B5ECD9

square

#BDB5EC #ECB5C9 #E4ECB5 #B5ECD9

split-complementary

#BDB5EC #ECD9B5 #C9ECB5

monochromatic

#6654D3 #9284DF #BDB5EC #E8E6F9 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5EC

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5EC	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.078 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbf2',
    500: '#bdb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5ec;
$custom-light: #d1cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.727,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79858,
    "c": 0.07751,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5EC

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C71FAE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5EC

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

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