#BDBDF4#BDBDF4

#BDBDF4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.077 H 284.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDF4
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 244)
HSL	hsl(240, 71%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(240, 23%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 11.42, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 29.47, 292.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% 0.0194 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.077 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5090, 53.7447, 93.0196)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDF4 #F4F4BD

analogous

#BDD9F4 #BDBDF4 #D9BDF4

triadic

#BDBDF4 #F4BDBD #BDF4BD

tetradic

#BDBDF4 #F4BDD9 #F4F4BD #BDF4D9

square

#BDBDF4 #F4BDD9 #F4F4BD #BDF4D9

split-complementary

#BDBDF4 #F4D9BD #D9F4BD

monochromatic

#5454E3 #8989EB #BDBDF4 #E5E5FB #E5E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDBDF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BDBDF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDF4

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDF4	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC3F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC0F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.077 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f8',
    500: '#bdbdf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdf4;
$custom-light: #d1d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81729,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDF4

secondary

#D5D580

accent

#D312D3

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDF4

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

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