#BDBEDA#BDBEDA

#BDBEDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.039 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEDA
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 218)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, 5.19, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 15.01, 290.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0094 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.039 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0519, 52.7072, 73.7473)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEDA #DAD9BD

analogous

#BDCDDA #BDBEDA #CBBDDA

triadic

#BDBEDA #DABDBE #BEDABD

tetradic

#BDBEDA #DABDCD #DAD9BD #BDDACB

square

#BDBEDA #DABDCD #DAD9BD #BDDACB

split-complementary

#BDBEDA #DACBBD #CDDABD

monochromatic

#6F71AE #9697C4 #BDBEDA #E4E5F0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BDBEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEDA

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEDA	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.039 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e5',
    500: '#bdbeda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeda;
$custom-light: #d1d1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80967,
    "c": 0.03923,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEDA

secondary

#B1AF8A

accent

#A33FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEDA

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

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