#BDAAEE#BDAAEE

#BDAAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.097 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAAEE
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, 20.50, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 37.59, 303.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.044 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.097 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7902, 45.7410, 87.0254)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAAEE #DBEEAA

analogous

#AAB9EE #BDAAEE #DFAAEE

triadic

#BDAAEE #EEBDAA #AAEEBD

tetradic

#BDAAEE #EEAAB9 #DBEEAA #AAEEDF

square

#BDAAEE #EEAAB9 #DBEEAA #AAEEDF

split-complementary

#BDAAEE #EEDFAA #B9EEAA

monochromatic

#6E44DA #9577E4 #BDAAEE #E5DDF8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDAAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDAAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAAEE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAAEE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.097 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3f3',
    500: '#bdaaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaaee;
$custom-light: #d1c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.765,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77841,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAAEE

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CF179B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAAEE

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

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