#BDB5EE#BDB5EE

#BDB5EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.080 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5EE
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(248, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(248, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 14.43, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 30.91, 297.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0286 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.08 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9392, 50.0390, 87.7418)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5EE #E6EEB5

analogous

#B5CAEE #BDB5EE #DAB5EE

triadic

#BDB5EE #EEBDB5 #B5EEBD

tetradic

#BDB5EE #EEB5CA #E6EEB5 #B5EEDA

square

#BDB5EE #EEB5CA #E6EEB5 #B5EEDA

split-complementary

#BDB5EE #EEDAB5 #CAEEB5

monochromatic

#6451D7 #9183E3 #BDB5EE #E9E6F9 #E9E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BDB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5EE

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5EE	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.080 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbf3',
    500: '#bdb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5ee;
$custom-light: #d1cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.421,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.08028,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5EE

secondary

#C0CC7C

accent

#CA1BB2

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FE

border

#D4D2D6

text

#141317

muted

#838285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5EE

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

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