#BDBDF9#BDBDF9

#BDBDF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.084 H 284.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDF9
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 249)
HSL	hsl(240, 83%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(240, 24%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, 12.57, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 32.13, 293.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% 0.0209 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.084 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2785, 54.0525, 97.0723)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDF9 #F9F9BD

analogous

#BDDBF9 #BDBDF9 #DBBDF9

triadic

#BDBDF9 #F9BDBD #BDF9BD

tetradic

#BDBDF9 #F9BDDB #F9F9BD #BDF9DB

square

#BDBDF9 #F9BDDB #F9F9BD #BDF9DB

split-complementary

#BDBDF9 #F9DBBD #DBF9BD

monochromatic

#4D4DEF #8585F4 #BDBDF9 #E3E3FC #E3E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BDBDF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BDBDF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDF9

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDF9	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.084 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0fb',
    500: '#bdbdf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdf9;
$custom-light: #d2d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81928,
    "c": 0.08402,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDF9

secondary

#DDDD7D

accent

#E006E0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDF9

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

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