#BDBCEC#BDBCEC

#BDBCEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.067 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCEC
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(241, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(241, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, 10.16, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 25.76, 293.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0183 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.067 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1062, 52.8406, 86.6893)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCEC #EBECBC

analogous

#BCD3EC #BDBCEC #D5BCEC

triadic

#BDBCEC #ECBDBC #BCECBD

tetradic

#BDBCEC #ECBCD3 #EBECBC #BCECD5

square

#BDBCEC #ECBCD3 #EBECBC #BCECD5

split-complementary

#BDBCEC #ECD5BC #D3ECBC

monochromatic

#5F5DD1 #8E8CDE #BDBCEC #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BDBCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCEC

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCEC	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.067 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f2',
    500: '#bdbcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcec;
$custom-light: #d1d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.25,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81224,
    "c": 0.06727,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCEC

secondary

#C7C983

accent

#C322C0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCEC

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

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