#BDBAEC#BDBAEC

#BDBAEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.070 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAEC
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(244, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(244, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, 11.25, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 26.91, 294.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0211 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.07 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6819, 51.9920, 86.5479)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAEC #E9ECBA

analogous

#BAD0EC #BDBAEC #D6BAEC

triadic

#BDBAEC #ECBDBA #BAECBD

tetradic

#BDBAEC #ECBAD0 #E9ECBA #BAECD6

square

#BDBAEC #ECBAD0 #E9ECBA #BAECD6

split-complementary

#BDBAEC #ECD6BA #D0ECBA

monochromatic

#615AD2 #8F8ADF #BDBAEC #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BDBAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAEC

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAEC	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.070 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef2',
    500: '#bdbaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaec;
$custom-light: #d1cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.6,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAEC

secondary

#C5C981

accent

#C421BB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAEC

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

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