#BDBDEC#BDBDEC

#BDBDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.066 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDEC
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(240, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, 9.62, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 25.20, 292.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% 0.0169 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.066 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3206, 53.2693, 86.7607)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDEC #ECECBD

analogous

#BDD4EC #BDBDEC #D4BDEC

triadic

#BDBDEC #ECBDBD #BDECBD

tetradic

#BDBDEC #ECBDD4 #ECECBD #BDECD4

square

#BDBDEC #ECBDD4 #ECECBD #BDECD4

split-complementary

#BDBDEC #ECD4BD #D4ECBD

monochromatic

#5E5ED1 #8D8DDE #BDBDEC #E7E7F8 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BDBDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDEC

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDEC	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.066 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f2',
    500: '#bdbdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdec;
$custom-light: #d1d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8142,
    "c": 0.06587,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDEC

secondary

#C9C984

accent

#C323C3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDEC

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

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