#BDABDA#BDABDA

#BDABDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.069 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABDA
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(263, 39%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 15.56, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 26.41, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.0367 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.069 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2016, 45.0066, 72.4638)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABDA #C8DAAB

analogous

#ABB1DA #BDABDA #D5ABDA

triadic

#BDABDA #DABDAB #ABDABD

tetradic

#BDABDA #DAABB1 #C8DAAB #ABDAD5

square

#BDABDA #DAABB1 #C8DAAB #ABDAD5

split-complementary

#BDABDA #DAD5AB #B1DAAB

monochromatic

#7A56B5 #9C81C7 #BDABDA #DED5ED #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BDABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABDA

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABDA	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.069 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4e5',
    500: '#bdabda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabda;
$custom-light: #d1c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7723,
    "c": 0.06874,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABDA

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#B23482

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABDA

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

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