#BDB7E2#BDB7E2

#BDB7E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.061 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7E2
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 226)
HSL	hsl(248, 43%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(248, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 19%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 10.69, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 23.31, 297.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0221 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.061 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6442, 50.1763, 78.9009)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7E2 #DCE2B7

analogous

#B7C6E2 #BDB7E2 #D2B7E2

triadic

#BDB7E2 #E2BDB7 #B7E2BD

tetradic

#BDB7E2 #E2B7C6 #DCE2B7 #B7E2D2

square

#BDB7E2 #E2B7C6 #DCE2B7 #B7E2D2

split-complementary

#BDB7E2 #E2D2B7 #C6E2B7

monochromatic

#6D60BF #958BD0 #BDB7E2 #E5E3F4 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDB7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BDB7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7E2

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7E2	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.061 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cceb',
    500: '#bdb7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7e2;
$custom-light: #d1cceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.372,
    "s": 42.574,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79865,
    "c": 0.06058,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7E2

secondary

#B3BB82

accent

#B630A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFD

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7E2

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

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