#BDBEE4#BDBEE4

#BDBEE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.053 H 284.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEE4
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(238, 42%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(238, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, 7.32, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 20.36, 291.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0129 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.053 284)
XYZ	xyz(53.4001, 53.2465, 80.8480)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEE4 #E4E3BD

analogous

#BDD2E4 #BDBEE4 #D0BDE4

triadic

#BDBEE4 #E4BDBE #BEE4BD

tetradic

#BDBEE4 #E4BDD2 #E4E3BD #BDE4D0

square

#BDBEE4 #E4BDD2 #E4E3BD #BDE4D0

split-complementary

#BDBEE4 #E4D0BD #D2E4BD

monochromatic

#6668C0 #9293D2 #BDBEE4 #E8E9F6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BDBEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEE4

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEE4	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.053 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1ec',
    500: '#bdbee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbee4;
$custom-light: #d1d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.05326,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.53247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEE4

secondary

#BEBC87

accent

#B230B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEE4

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

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