#BDB5FF#BDB5FF

#BDB5FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.104 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5FF
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 255)
HSL	hsl(246, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(246, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 29%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 18.35, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 39.97, 297.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0334 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.104 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5557, 51.0856, 101.5219)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5FF #F7FFB5

analogous

#B5D2FF #BDB5FF #E2B5FF

triadic

#BDB5FF #FFBDB5 #B5FFBD

tetradic

#BDB5FF #FFB5D2 #F7FFB5 #B5FFE2

square

#BDB5FF #FFB5D2 #F7FFB5 #B5FFE2

split-complementary

#BDB5FF #FFE2B5 #D2FFB5

monochromatic

#503BFF #8678FF #BDB5FF #E4E0FF #E4E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDB5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BDB5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5FF

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5FF	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BCFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.104 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbff',
    500: '#bdb5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5ff;
$custom-light: #d2cbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.486,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80641,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5FF

secondary

#DAE672

accent

#E600CD

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FF

border

#D4D2D7

text

#141318

muted

#838286

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5FF

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

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