#BDBDF5#BDBDF5

#BDBDF5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.078 H 284.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDF5
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 245)
HSL	hsl(240, 74%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(240, 23%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 11.65, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 30.00, 292.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0197 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.078 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6612, 53.8056, 93.8215)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDF5 #F5F5BD

analogous

#BDD9F5 #BDBDF5 #D9BDF5

triadic

#BDBDF5 #F5BDBD #BDF5BD

tetradic

#BDBDF5 #F5BDD9 #F5F5BD #BDF5D9

square

#BDBDF5 #F5BDD9 #F5F5BD #BDF5D9

split-complementary

#BDBDF5 #F5D9BD #D9F5BD

monochromatic

#5353E5 #8888ED #BDBDF5 #E4E4FB #E4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDBDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BDBDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDF5

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDF5	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC4F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.078 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0f8',
    500: '#bdbdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdf5;
$custom-light: #d1d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81769,
    "c": 0.07844,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDF5

secondary

#D6D680

accent

#D610D6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDF5

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

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