#BDBAEF#BDBAEF

#BDBAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.074 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAEF
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(243, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 11.92, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 28.51, 294.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.022 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.074 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1215, 52.1678, 88.8626)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAEF #ECEFBA

analogous

#BAD1EF #BDBAEF #D7BAEF

triadic

#BDBAEF #EFBDBA #BAEFBD

tetradic

#BDBAEF #EFBAD1 #ECEFBA #BAEFD7

square

#BDBAEF #EFBAD1 #ECEFBA #BAEFD7

split-complementary

#BDBAEF #EFD7BA #D1EFBA

monochromatic

#5E57D8 #8D88E3 #BDBAEF #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BDBAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BDBAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAEF

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAEF	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.074 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cef4',
    500: '#bdbaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaef;
$custom-light: #d1cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.396,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80948,
    "c": 0.07431,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAEF

secondary

#C9CD80

accent

#CA1BC0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAEF

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

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