#BDBDE7#BDBDE7

#BDBDE7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.059 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDE7
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(240, 47%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, 8.51, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 22.52, 292.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0153 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.059 285)
XYZ	xyz(53.6043, 52.9828, 82.9884)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDE7 #E7E7BD

analogous

#BDD2E7 #BDBDE7 #D2BDE7

triadic

#BDBDE7 #E7BDBD #BDE7BD

tetradic

#BDBDE7 #E7BDD2 #E7E7BD #BDE7D2

square

#BDBDE7 #E7BDD2 #E7E7BD #BDE7D2

split-complementary

#BDBDE7 #E7D2BD #D2E7BD

monochromatic

#6363C6 #9090D7 #BDBDE7 #E9E9F7 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BDBDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDE7

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDE7	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.059 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0ee',
    500: '#bdbde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbde7;
$custom-light: #d1d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81233,
    "c": 0.05886,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.52984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDE7

secondary

#C2C286

accent

#BA2CBA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDE7

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

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