#BDB8EA#BDB8EA

#BDB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.070 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8EA
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(246, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(246, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, 11.90, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 27.00, 296.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0232 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.07 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9746, 51.0397, 84.8866)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8EA #E5EAB8

analogous

#B8CCEA #BDB8EA #D6B8EA

triadic

#BDB8EA #EABDB8 #B8EABD

tetradic

#BDB8EA #EAB8CC #E5EAB8 #B8EAD6

square

#BDB8EA #EAB8CC #E5EAB8 #B8EAD6

split-complementary

#BDB8EA #EAD6B8 #CCEAB8

monochromatic

#655ACE #9189DC #BDB8EA #E9E7F8 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BDB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8EA

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8EA	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.070 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdf0',
    500: '#bdb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8ea;
$custom-light: #d1cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80363,
    "c": 0.07025,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8EA

secondary

#BFC680

accent

#C224B2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8EA

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

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