#BDBEDF#BDBEDF

#BDBEDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.046 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEDF
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(238, 35%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, 6.24, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 17.69, 290.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0112 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.046 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7160, 52.9728, 77.2452)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEDF #DFDEBD

analogous

#BDCFDF #BDBEDF #CDBDDF

triadic

#BDBEDF #DFBDBE #BEDFBD

tetradic

#BDBEDF #DFBDCF #DFDEBD #BDDFCD

square

#BDBEDF #DFBDCF #DFDEBD #BDDFCD

split-complementary

#BDBEDF #DFCDBD #CFDFBD

monochromatic

#6B6DB7 #9495CB #BDBEDF #E6E7F3 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDBEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BDBEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEDF

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEDF	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.046 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1e9',
    500: '#bdbedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbedf;
$custom-light: #d1d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81142,
    "c": 0.04625,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEDF

secondary

#B7B689

accent

#AA38AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEDF

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

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