#BDB8ED#BDB8ED

#BDB8ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.074 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8ED
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(246, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(246, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 12.56, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 28.61, 296.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0242 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.074 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4092, 51.2135, 87.1757)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8ED #E8EDB8

analogous

#B8CEED #BDB8ED #D7B8ED

triadic

#BDB8ED #EDBDB8 #B8EDBD

tetradic

#BDB8ED #EDB8CE #E8EDB8 #B8EDD7

square

#BDB8ED #EDB8CE #E8EDB8 #B8EDD7

split-complementary

#BDB8ED #EDD7B8 #CEEDB8

monochromatic

#6256D4 #9087E1 #BDB8ED #E8E7F9 #E8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDB8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BDB8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8ED

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8ED	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.074 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdf3',
    500: '#bdb8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8ed;
$custom-light: #d1cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.66,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.07444,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8ED

secondary

#C3CA7F

accent

#C71EB7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8ED

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

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