#BDBDEF#BDBDEF

#BDBDEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.070 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDEF
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(240, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, 10.29, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 26.80, 292.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0178 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.07 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7601, 53.4451, 89.0755)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDEF #EFEFBD

analogous

#BDD6EF #BDBDEF #D6BDEF

triadic

#BDBDEF #EFBDBD #BDEFBD

tetradic

#BDBDEF #EFBDD6 #EFEFBD #BDEFD6

square

#BDBDEF #EFBDD6 #EFEFBD #BDEFD6

split-complementary

#BDBDEF #EFD6BD #D6EFBD

monochromatic

#5A5AD7 #8C8CE3 #BDBDEF #E6E6F9 #E6E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BDBDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDEF

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDEF	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.070 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f4',
    500: '#bdbdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdef;
$custom-light: #d1d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81535,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDEF

secondary

#CDCD83

accent

#C91DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDEF

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

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