#BDB9EE#BDB9EE

#BDB9EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.074 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9EE
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(245, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(245, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 12.24, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 28.56, 295.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0231 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.074 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7642, 51.6890, 88.0168)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9EE #EAEEB9

analogous

#B9CFEE #BDB9EE #D7B9EE

triadic

#BDB9EE #EEBDB9 #B9EEBD

tetradic

#BDB9EE #EEB9CF #EAEEB9 #B9EED7

square

#BDB9EE #EEB9CF #EAEEB9 #B9EED7

split-complementary

#BDB9EE #EED7B9 #CFEEB9

monochromatic

#6057D6 #8F88E2 #BDB9EE #E8E6F9 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9EE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9EE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.074 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef3',
    500: '#bdb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9ee;
$custom-light: #d1cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.528,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80714,
    "c": 0.07437,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9EE

secondary

#C6CC7F

accent

#C91DBC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9EE

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

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