#BDBBE2#BDBBE2

#BDBBE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.055 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBE2
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 226)
HSL	hsl(243, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(243, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 8.51, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 20.98, 293.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0164 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.055 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4810, 51.8499, 79.1799)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBE2 #E0E2BB

analogous

#BBCCE2 #BDBBE2 #D0BBE2

triadic

#BDBBE2 #E2BDBB #BBE2BD

tetradic

#BDBBE2 #E2BBCC #E0E2BB #BBE2D0

square

#BDBBE2 #E2BBCC #E0E2BB #BBE2D0

split-complementary

#BDBBE2 #E2D0BB #CCE2BB

monochromatic

#6A65BD #9390D0 #BDBBE2 #E7E6F4 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BDBBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBE2

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBE2	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.055 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfeb',
    500: '#bdbbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbe2;
$custom-light: #d1cfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.077,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80653,
    "c": 0.05468,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBE2

secondary

#B8BB86

accent

#B332AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBE2

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

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