#BDB7DF#BDB7DF

#BDB7DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.056 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7DF
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 223)
HSL	hsl(249, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 10.04, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 21.70, 297.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0211 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.056 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2362, 50.0131, 76.7519)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7DF #D9DFB7

analogous

#B7C5DF #BDB7DF #D1B7DF

triadic

#BDB7DF #DFBDB7 #B7DFBD

tetradic

#BDB7DF #DFB7C5 #D9DFB7 #B7DFD1

square

#BDB7DF #DFB7C5 #D9DFB7 #B7DFD1

split-complementary

#BDB7DF #DFD1B7 #C5DFB7

monochromatic

#6F62B9 #968DCC #BDB7DF #E4E1F2 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDB7DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BDB7DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7DF

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7DF	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.056 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cce9',
    500: '#bdb7df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7df;
$custom-light: #d1cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.0564,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7DF

secondary

#B0B783

accent

#B1349F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7DF

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

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