#BDB9EF#BDB9EF

#BDB9EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.076 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9EF
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 239)
HSL	hsl(244, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(244, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 12.47, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 29.09, 295.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0234 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.076 288)
XYZ	xyz(53.9115, 51.7480, 88.7926)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9EF #EBEFB9

analogous

#B9D0EF #BDB9EF #D8B9EF

triadic

#BDB9EF #EFBDB9 #B9EFBD

tetradic

#BDB9EF #EFB9D0 #EBEFB9 #B9EFD8

square

#BDB9EF #EFB9D0 #EBEFB9 #B9EFD8

split-complementary

#BDB9EF #EFD8B9 #D0EFB9

monochromatic

#5F55D8 #8E87E4 #BDB9EF #E8E6F9 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDB9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BDB9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9EF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9EF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.076 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef4',
    500: '#bdb9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9ef;
$custom-light: #d1cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80753,
    "c": 0.07576,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.51749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9EF

secondary

#C7CD7F

accent

#CB1BBE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9EF

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

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