#BDB9DA#BDB9DA

#BDB9DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.046 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9DA
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(247, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(247, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 7.89, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 17.85, 296.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0165 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.046 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9874, 50.5783, 73.3925)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9DA #D6DAB9

analogous

#B9C6DA #BDB9DA #CEB9DA

triadic

#BDB9DA #DABDB9 #B9DABD

tetradic

#BDB9DA #DAB9C6 #D6DAB9 #B9DACE

square

#BDB9DA #DAB9C6 #D6DAB9 #B9DACE

split-complementary

#BDB9DA #DACEB9 #C6DAB9

monochromatic

#7269B0 #9791C5 #BDB9DA #E3E1EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9DA

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9DA	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.046 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cee5',
    500: '#bdb9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9da;
$custom-light: #d1cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.273,
    "s": 30.841,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79969,
    "c": 0.0464,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9DA

secondary

#ACB186

accent

#AA3C9C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9DA

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

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