#BDBBDE#BDBBDE

#BDBBDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.049 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBDE
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(243, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(243, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 7.65, -17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 18.84, 293.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0151 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.049 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9385, 51.6329, 76.3229)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBDE #DCDEBB

analogous

#BBCADE #BDBBDE #CFBBDE

triadic

#BDBBDE #DEBDBB #BBDEBD

tetradic

#BDBBDE #DEBBCA #DCDEBB #BBDECF

square

#BDBBDE #DEBBCA #DCDEBB #BBDECF

split-complementary

#BDBBDE #DECFBB #CADEBB

monochromatic

#6D69B6 #9592CA #BDBBDE #E5E4F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BDBBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBDE

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBDE	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.049 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe8',
    500: '#bdbbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbde;
$custom-light: #d1cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80509,
    "c": 0.04907,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBDE

secondary

#B3B687

accent

#AD38A7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBDE

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

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