#BDBEDC#BDBEDC

#BDBEDC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.042 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEDC
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 220)
HSL	hsl(238, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 14%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, 5.61, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 16.08, 290.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% 0.0101 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.042 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3152, 52.8125, 75.1339)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEDC #DCDBBD

analogous

#BDCDDC #BDBEDC #CCBDDC

triadic

#BDBEDC #DCBDBE #BEDCBD

tetradic

#BDBEDC #DCBDCD #DCDBBD #BDDCCC

square

#BDBEDC #DCBDCD #DCDBBD #BDDCCC

split-complementary

#BDBEDC #DCCCBD #CDDCBD

monochromatic

#6D6FB2 #9597C7 #BDBEDC #E5E5F1 #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BDBEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BDBEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEDC

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEDC	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.042 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e6',
    500: '#bdbedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbedc;
$custom-light: #d1d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.065,
    "s": 30.693,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81037,
    "c": 0.04204,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEDC

secondary

#B3B28A

accent

#A63CA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEDC

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

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