#BDBCE4#BDBCE4

#BDBCE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.056 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCE4
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(242, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, 8.40, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 21.48, 293.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0157 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.056 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9699, 52.3861, 80.7046)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCE4 #E3E4BC

analogous

#BCCFE4 #BDBCE4 #D1BCE4

triadic

#BDBCE4 #E4BDBC #BCE4BD

tetradic

#BDBCE4 #E4BCCF #E3E4BC #BCE4D1

square

#BDBCE4 #E4BCCF #E3E4BC #BCE4D1

split-complementary

#BDBCE4 #E4D1BC #CFE4BC

monochromatic

#6765C1 #9290D2 #BDBCE4 #E8E8F6 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BDBCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCE4

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCE4	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.056 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ec',
    500: '#bdbce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbce4;
$custom-light: #d1d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.5,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80925,
    "c": 0.05606,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCE4

secondary

#BCBE86

accent

#B630B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCE4

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

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