#BDB8EE#BDB8EE

#BDB8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.076 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8EE
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(246, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(246, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 12.79, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 29.14, 296.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.0245 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.076 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5558, 51.2721, 87.9473)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8EE #E9EEB8

analogous

#B8CEEE #BDB8EE #D8B8EE

triadic

#BDB8EE #EEBDB8 #B8EEBD

tetradic

#BDB8EE #EEB8CE #E9EEB8 #B8EED8

square

#BDB8EE #EEB8CE #E9EEB8 #B8EED8

split-complementary

#BDB8EE #EED8B8 #CEEEB8

monochromatic

#6155D6 #8F87E2 #BDB8EE #E8E6F9 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BDB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8EE

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8EE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.076 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdf3',
    500: '#bdb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8ee;
$custom-light: #d1cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.07583,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8EE

secondary

#C5CC7E

accent

#C91CB9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8EE

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

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