#BDBBE3#BDBBE3

#BDBBE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.056 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBE3
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 227)
HSL	hsl(243, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, 8.73, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 21.52, 293.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0167 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.056 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6186, 51.9049, 79.9046)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBE3 #E1E3BB

analogous

#BBCDE3 #BDBBE3 #D1BBE3

triadic

#BDBBE3 #E3BDBB #BBE3BD

tetradic

#BDBBE3 #E3BBCD #E1E3BB #BBE3D1

square

#BDBBE3 #E3BBCD #E1E3BB #BBE3D1

split-complementary

#BDBBE3 #E3D1BB #CDE3BB

monochromatic

#6964BF #9390D1 #BDBBE3 #E7E6F5 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDBBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BDBBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBE3

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBE3	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.056 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfeb',
    500: '#bdbbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbe3;
$custom-light: #d1cfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8069,
    "c": 0.05609,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBE3

secondary

#BABC86

accent

#B531AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBE3

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

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