#BDB9FF#BDB9FF

#BDB9FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.098 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9FF
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 255)
HSL	hsl(243, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(243, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, 16.15, -33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 37.62, 295.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% 0.028 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.098 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.3807, 52.7356, 101.7969)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9FF #FBFFB9

analogous

#B9D8FF #BDB9FF #E0B9FF

triadic

#BDB9FF #FFBDB9 #B9FFBD

tetradic

#BDB9FF #FFB9D8 #FBFFB9 #B9FFE0

square

#BDB9FF #FFB9D8 #FBFFB9 #B9FFE0

split-complementary

#BDB9FF #FFE0B9 #D8FFB9

monochromatic

#4A3FFF #837CFF #BDB9FF #E2E0FF #E2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDB9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BDB9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9FF

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9FF	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.098 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceff',
    500: '#bdb9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9ff;
$custom-light: #d2ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9FF

secondary

#E0E775

accent

#E600D8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9FF

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

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