#BDBDEB#BDBDEB

#BDBDEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.064 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDEB
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(240, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 9.39, -22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 24.66, 292.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% 0.0166 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.064 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1757, 53.2114, 85.9977)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDEB #EBEBBD

analogous

#BDD4EB #BDBDEB #D4BDEB

triadic

#BDBDEB #EBBDBD #BDEBBD

tetradic

#BDBDEB #EBBDD4 #EBEBBD #BDEBD4

square

#BDBDEB #EBBDD4 #EBEBBD #BDEBD4

split-complementary

#BDBDEB #EBD4BD #D4EBBD

monochromatic

#5F5FCF #8E8EDD #BDBDEB #E8E8F8 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BDBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDEB

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDEB	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.064 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f1',
    500: '#bdbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdeb;
$custom-light: #d1d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81383,
    "c": 0.06446,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDEB

secondary

#C7C785

accent

#C125C1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDEB

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

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