#BDB9DF#BDB9DF

#BDB9DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.053 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9DF
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(246, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(246, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, 8.95, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 20.53, 295.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% 0.0182 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.053 290)
XYZ	xyz(51.6516, 50.8440, 76.8904)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9DF #DBDFB9

analogous

#B9C8DF #BDB9DF #D0B9DF

triadic

#BDB9DF #DFBDB9 #B9DFBD

tetradic

#BDB9DF #DFB9C8 #DBDFB9 #B9DFD0

square

#BDB9DF #DFB9C8 #DBDFB9 #B9DFD0

split-complementary

#BDB9DF #DFD0B9 #C8DFB9

monochromatic

#6E65B9 #958FCC #BDB9DF #E5E3F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BDB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9DF

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9DF	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.053 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cee9',
    500: '#bdb9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9df;
$custom-light: #d1cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80148,
    "c": 0.0534,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.50844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9DF

secondary

#B2B785

accent

#B035A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9DF

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

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