#BDB8EB#BDB8EB

#BDB8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.072 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8EB
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(246, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(246, 22%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, 12.12, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 27.54, 296.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% 0.0235 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.072 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1187, 51.0973, 85.6454)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8EB #E6EBB8

analogous

#B8CDEB #BDB8EB #D7B8EB

triadic

#BDB8EB #EBBDB8 #B8EBBD

tetradic

#BDB8EB #EBB8CD #E6EBB8 #B8EBD7

square

#BDB8EB #EBB8CD #E6EBB8 #B8EBD7

split-complementary

#BDB8EB #EBD7B8 #CDEBB8

monochromatic

#6459D0 #9188DE #BDB8EB #E9E7F8 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDB8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BDB8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8EB

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8EB	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)

#ACBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.072 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdf1',
    500: '#bdb8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8eb;
$custom-light: #d1cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.882,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80402,
    "c": 0.07164,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8EB

secondary

#C0C780

accent

#C422B4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8EB

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

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