#BDBEE5#BDBEE5

#BDBEE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.055 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEE5
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(239, 17%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, 7.53, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 20.90, 291.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% 0.0132 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.055 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5393, 53.3022, 81.5812)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEE5 #E5E4BD

analogous

#BDD2E5 #BDBEE5 #D0BDE5

triadic

#BDBEE5 #E5BDBE #BEE5BD

tetradic

#BDBEE5 #E5BDD2 #E5E4BD #BDE5D0

square

#BDBEE5 #E5BDD2 #E5E4BD #BDE5D0

split-complementary

#BDBEE5 #E5D0BD #D2E5BD

monochromatic

#6568C2 #9193D4 #BDBEE5 #E9E9F6 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BDBEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEE5

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEE5	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.055 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1ed',
    500: '#bdbee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbee5;
$custom-light: #d1d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.5,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81358,
    "c": 0.05467,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEE5

secondary

#BFBE87

accent

#B32FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEE5

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

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