#BDBDDE#BDBDDE

#BDBDDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.046 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDDE
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(240, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, 6.57, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 17.71, 291.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0122 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.046 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3658, 52.4874, 76.4653)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDDE #DEDEBD

analogous

#BDCDDE #BDBDDE #CDBDDE

triadic

#BDBDDE #DEBDBD #BDDEBD

tetradic

#BDBDDE #DEBDCD #DEDEBD #BDDECD

square

#BDBDDE #DEBDCD #DEDEBD #BDDECD

split-complementary

#BDBDDE #DECDBD #CDDEBD

monochromatic

#6B6BB5 #9494CA #BDBDDE #E6E6F2 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BDBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BDBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDDE

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDDE	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.046 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e8',
    500: '#bdbdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdde;
$custom-light: #d1d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80907,
    "c": 0.04623,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDDE

secondary

#B6B689

accent

#AC39AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDDE

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

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