#BDBBEB#BDBBEB

#BDBBEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.067 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBEB
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 235)
HSL	hsl(243, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(243, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 10.48, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 25.80, 293.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% 0.0193 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.067 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7485, 52.3569, 85.8553)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBEB #E9EBBB

analogous

#BBD1EB #BDBBEB #D5BBEB

triadic

#BDBBEB #EBBDBB #BBEBBD

tetradic

#BDBBEB #EBBBD1 #E9EBBB #BBEBD5

square

#BDBBEB #EBBBD1 #E9EBBB #BBEBD5

split-complementary

#BDBBEB #EBD5BB #D1EBBB

monochromatic

#615CCF #8F8CDD #BDBBEB #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BDBBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBEB

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBEB	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.067 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cff1',
    500: '#bdbbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbeb;
$custom-light: #d1cff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80989,
    "c": 0.06729,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBEB

secondary

#C5C783

accent

#C223BB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBEB

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

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