#BDBDDA#BDBDDA

#BDBDDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.041 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDDA
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 218)
HSL	hsl(240, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 5.73, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 15.56, 291.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0108 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.041 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8360, 52.2755, 73.6753)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDDA #DADABD

analogous

#BDCCDA #BDBDDA #CCBDDA

triadic

#BDBDDA #DABDBD #BDDABD

tetradic

#BDBDDA #DABDCC #DADABD #BDDACC

square

#BDBDDA #DABDCC #DADABD #BDDACC

split-complementary

#BDBDDA #DACCBD #CCDABD

monochromatic

#6F6FAE #9696C4 #BDBDDA #E4E4F0 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BDBDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDDA

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDDA	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)

#B6C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.041 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e5',
    500: '#bdbdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdda;
$custom-light: #d1d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80767,
    "c": 0.04061,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDDA

secondary

#B1B18A

accent

#A73FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDDA

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

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