#BDBEE8#BDBEE8

#BDBEE8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.059 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEE8
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(239, 48%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, 8.19, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 22.50, 291.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0142 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.059 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9618, 53.4712, 83.8063)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEE8 #E8E7BD

analogous

#BDD3E8 #BDBEE8 #D2BDE8

triadic

#BDBEE8 #E8BDBE #BEE8BD

tetradic

#BDBEE8 #E8BDD3 #E8E7BD #BDE8D2

square

#BDBEE8 #E8BDD3 #E8E7BD #BDE8D2

split-complementary

#BDBEE8 #E8D2BD #D3E8BD

monochromatic

#6265C8 #9091D8 #BDBEE8 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDBEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BDBEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEE8

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEE8	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.059 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1ef',
    500: '#bdbee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbee8;
$custom-light: #d1d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.605,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81468,
    "c": 0.05887,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEE8

secondary

#C3C286

accent

#B82ABC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEE8

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

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