#BDBBDF#BDBBDF

#BDBBDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.050 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBDF
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(243, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(243, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 7.87, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 19.37, 293.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.0154 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.05 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0729, 51.6867, 77.0308)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBDF #DDDFBB

analogous

#BBCBDF #BDBBDF #CFBBDF

triadic

#BDBBDF #DFBDBB #BBDFBD

tetradic

#BDBBDF #DFBBCB #DDDFBB #BBDFCF

square

#BDBBDF #DFBBCB #DDDFBB #BBDFCF

split-complementary

#BDBBDF #DFCFBB #CBDFBB

monochromatic

#6C68B8 #9591CB #BDBBDF #E5E5F3 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDBBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBDF

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBDF	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.050 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfe9',
    500: '#bdbbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbdf;
$custom-light: #d1cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80545,
    "c": 0.05047,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBDF

secondary

#B5B787

accent

#AF37A8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBDF

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

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