#BDB8DA#BDB8DA

#BDB8DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.048 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8DA
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(249, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 8.44, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 18.44, 297.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.018 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.048 292)
XYZ	xyz(50.7790, 50.1614, 73.3230)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8DA #D5DAB8

analogous

#B8C4DA #BDB8DA #CEB8DA

triadic

#BDB8DA #DABDB8 #B8DABD

tetradic

#BDB8DA #DAB8C4 #D5DAB8 #B8DACE

square

#BDB8DA #DAB8C4 #D5DAB8 #B8DACE

split-complementary

#BDB8DA #DACEB8 #C4DAB8

monochromatic

#7268B0 #9890C5 #BDB8DA #E2E0EF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BDB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8DA

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8DA	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.048 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cde5',
    500: '#bdb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8da;
$custom-light: #d1cde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.824,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79771,
    "c": 0.0479,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.50162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8DA

secondary

#ABB185

accent

#AA3B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8DA

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

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