#BDBDE2#BDBDE2

#BDBDE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.052 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDE2
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(240, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, 7.43, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 19.85, 291.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0136 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.052 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9082, 52.7044, 79.3223)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDE2 #E2E2BD

analogous

#BDD0E2 #BDBDE2 #D0BDE2

triadic

#BDBDE2 #E2BDBD #BDE2BD

tetradic

#BDBDE2 #E2BDD0 #E2E2BD #BDE2D0

square

#BDBDE2 #E2BDD0 #E2E2BD #BDE2D0

split-complementary

#BDBDE2 #E2D0BD #D0E2BD

monochromatic

#6868BD #9292CF #BDBDE2 #E8E8F5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BDBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDE2

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDE2	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.052 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0eb',
    500: '#bdbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbde2;
$custom-light: #d1d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 38.947,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8105,
    "c": 0.05184,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDE2

secondary

#BBBB88

accent

#B234B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDE2

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

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