#BDB9EA#BDB9EA

#BDB9EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.069 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9EA
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(245, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(245, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 11.35, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 26.42, 295.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0218 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.069 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1831, 51.4566, 84.9561)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9EA #E6EAB9

analogous

#B9CEEA #BDB9EA #D6B9EA

triadic

#BDB9EA #EABDB9 #B9EABD

tetradic

#BDB9EA #EAB9CE #E6EAB9 #B9EAD6

square

#BDB9EA #EAB9CE #E6EAB9 #B9EAD6

split-complementary

#BDB9EA #EAD6B9 #CEEAB9

monochromatic

#645BCE #918ADC #BDB9EA #E9E7F8 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BDB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9EA

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9EA	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.069 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef0',
    500: '#bdb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9ea;
$custom-light: #d1cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.898,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80559,
    "c": 0.06878,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9EA

secondary

#C0C681

accent

#C124B4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9EA

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

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