#BDBFE5#BDBFE5

#BDBFE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.053 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFE5
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(237, 43%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 17%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 6.99, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 20.35, 290.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0118 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.053 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7567, 53.7368, 81.6536)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFE5 #E5E3BD

analogous

#BDD3E5 #BDBFE5 #CFBDE5

triadic

#BDBFE5 #E5BDBF #BFE5BD

tetradic

#BDBFE5 #E5BDD3 #E5E3BD #BDE5CF

square

#BDBFE5 #E5BDD3 #E5E3BD #BDE5CF

split-complementary

#BDBFE5 #E5CFBD #D3E5BD

monochromatic

#656AC2 #9194D4 #BDBFE5 #E9EAF6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BDBFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BDBFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFE5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFE5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.053 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2ed',
    500: '#bdbfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfe5;
$custom-light: #d1d2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81557,
    "c": 0.05331,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFE5

secondary

#BFBC87

accent

#B02FB7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFE5

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

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