#BDBADA#BDBADA

#BDBADA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.045 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBADA
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 218)
HSL	hsl(246, 30%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(246, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 7.35, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 17.27, 295.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0151 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.045 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1974, 50.9982, 73.4624)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBADA #D7DABA

analogous

#BAC7DA #BDBADA #CDBADA

triadic

#BDBADA #DABDBA #BADABD

tetradic

#BDBADA #DABAC7 #D7DABA #BADACD

square

#BDBADA #DABAC7 #D7DABA #BADACD

split-complementary

#BDBADA #DACDBA #C7DABA

monochromatic

#716AAF #9792C5 #BDBADA #E3E2EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BDBADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBADA

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBADA	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.045 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cee5',
    500: '#bdbada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbada;
$custom-light: #d1cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.625,
    "s": 30.189,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80168,
    "c": 0.04491,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBADA

secondary

#ADB187

accent

#A93D9F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBADA

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

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