#BDBDE3#BDBDE3

#BDBDE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.053 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDE3
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(240, 40%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 7.64, -18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 20.38, 292.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% 0.0139 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.053 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0458, 52.7594, 80.0470)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDE3 #E3E3BD

analogous

#BDD0E3 #BDBDE3 #D0BDE3

triadic

#BDBDE3 #E3BDBD #BDE3BD

tetradic

#BDBDE3 #E3BDD0 #E3E3BD #BDE3D0

square

#BDBDE3 #E3BDD0 #E3E3BD #BDE3D0

split-complementary

#BDBDE3 #E3D0BD #D0E3BD

monochromatic

#6767BF #9292D1 #BDBDE3 #E8E8F5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BDBDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDE3

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDE3	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.053 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0eb',
    500: '#bdbde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbde3;
$custom-light: #d1d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81086,
    "c": 0.05325,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDE3

secondary

#BCBC88

accent

#B332B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDE3

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

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