#BDBEE9#BDBEE9

#BDBEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.060 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEE9
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(239, 50%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(239, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, 8.41, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 23.03, 291.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% 0.0145 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.06 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1042, 53.5281, 84.5565)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEE9 #E9E8BD

analogous

#BDD4E9 #BDBEE9 #D2BDE9

triadic

#BDBEE9 #E9BDBE #BEE9BD

tetradic

#BDBEE9 #E9BDD4 #E9E8BD #BDE9D2

square

#BDBEE9 #E9BDD4 #E9E8BD #BDE9D2

split-complementary

#BDBEE9 #E9D2BD #D4E9BD

monochromatic

#6164CA #8F91DA #BDBEE9 #E8E8F7 #E8E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDBEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BDBEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEE9

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEE9	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.060 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1f0',
    500: '#bdbee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbee9;
$custom-light: #d1d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.636,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81505,
    "c": 0.06027,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEE9

secondary

#C5C386

accent

#BA28BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEE9

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

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