#BDABD8#BDABD8

#BDABD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.066 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABD8
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(264, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 15.13, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 25.37, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0361 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.066 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9415, 44.9026, 71.0938)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABD8 #C6D8AB

analogous

#ABAFD8 #BDABD8 #D3ABD8

triadic

#BDABD8 #D8BDAB #ABD8BD

tetradic

#BDABD8 #D8ABAF #C6D8AB #ABD8D3

square

#BDABD8 #D8ABAF #C6D8AB #ABD8D3

split-complementary

#BDABD8 #D8D3AB #AFD8AB

monochromatic

#7B57B1 #9C81C5 #BDABD8 #DED5EB #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABD8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABD8	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.066 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4e4',
    500: '#bdabd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabd8;
$custom-light: #d1c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77154,
    "c": 0.06607,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABD8

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AF367F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABD8

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

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