#BDBDEE#BDBDEE

#BDBDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.069 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDEE
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 59%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, 10.06, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 26.27, 292.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% 0.0175 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.069 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6128, 53.3862, 88.2996)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDEE #EEEEBD

analogous

#BDD5EE #BDBDEE #D5BDEE

triadic

#BDBDEE #EEBDBD #BDEEBD

tetradic

#BDBDEE #EEBDD5 #EEEEBD #BDEED5

square

#BDBDEE #EEBDD5 #EEEEBD #BDEED5

split-complementary

#BDBDEE #EED5BD #D5EEBD

monochromatic

#5C5CD5 #8C8CE1 #BDBDEE #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BDBDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDEE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDEE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.069 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f3',
    500: '#bdbdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdee;
$custom-light: #d1d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81497,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDEE

secondary

#CCCC83

accent

#C71FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →