#BDBCE2#BDBCE2

#BDBCE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.053 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCE2
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(242, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(242, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 7.97, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 20.41, 292.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.015 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.053 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6939, 52.2756, 79.2508)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCE2 #E1E2BC

analogous

#BCCEE2 #BDBCE2 #D0BCE2

triadic

#BDBCE2 #E2BDBC #BCE2BD

tetradic

#BDBCE2 #E2BCCE #E1E2BC #BCE2D0

square

#BDBCE2 #E2BCCE #E1E2BC #BCE2D0

split-complementary

#BDBCE2 #E2D0BC #CEE2BC

monochromatic

#6967BD #9391D0 #BDBCE2 #E7E7F4 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BDBCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCE2

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCE2	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.053 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0eb',
    500: '#bdbce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbce2;
$custom-light: #d1d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80852,
    "c": 0.05325,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCE2

secondary

#BABB87

accent

#B333AF

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCE2

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

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