#BDBDDF#BDBDDF

#BDBDDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.048 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDDF
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(240, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, 6.78, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 18.24, 291.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% 0.0126 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.048 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5002, 52.5412, 77.1733)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDDF #DFDFBD

analogous

#BDCEDF #BDBDDF #CEBDDF

triadic

#BDBDDF #DFBDBD #BDDFBD

tetradic

#BDBDDF #DFBDCE #DFDFBD #BDDFCE

square

#BDBDDF #DFBDCE #DFDFBD #BDDFCE

split-complementary

#BDBDDF #DFCEBD #CEDFBD

monochromatic

#6B6BB7 #9494CB #BDBDDF #E6E6F3 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BDBDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDDF

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDDF	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.048 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0e9',
    500: '#bdbddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbddf;
$custom-light: #d1d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80943,
    "c": 0.04764,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDDF

secondary

#B7B789

accent

#AE38AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDDF

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

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