#BDBADD#BDBADD

#BDBADD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.049 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBADD
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(245, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 7.98, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 18.88, 295.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0161 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.049 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5935, 51.1566, 75.5487)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBADD #DADDBA

analogous

#BAC9DD #BDBADD #CFBADD

triadic

#BDBADD #DDBDBA #BADDBD

tetradic

#BDBADD #DDBAC9 #DADDBA #BADDCF

square

#BDBADD #DDBAC9 #DADDBA #BADDCF

split-complementary

#BDBADD #DDCFBA #C9DDBA

monochromatic

#6F68B5 #9691C9 #BDBADD #E4E3F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BDBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBADD

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBADD	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.049 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cee7',
    500: '#bdbadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbadd;
$custom-light: #d1cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.143,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80274,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBADD

secondary

#B1B586

accent

#AD39A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBADD

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

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