#BDBADE#BDBADE

#BDBADE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.051 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBADE
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(245, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 8.20, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 19.41, 294.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.0165 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.051 289)
XYZ	xyz(51.7271, 51.2101, 76.2524)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBADE #DBDEBA

analogous

#BAC9DE #BDBADE #CFBADE

triadic

#BDBADE #DEBDBA #BADEBD

tetradic

#BDBADE #DEBAC9 #DBDEBA #BADECF

square

#BDBADE #DEBAC9 #DBDEBA #BADECF

split-complementary

#BDBADE #DECFBA #C9DEBA

monochromatic

#6E67B6 #9591CA #BDBADE #E5E3F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BDBADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBADE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBADE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.051 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cee8',
    500: '#bdbade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbade;
$custom-light: #d1cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8031,
    "c": 0.05052,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.51211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBADE

secondary

#B2B686

accent

#AE37A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBADE

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

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