#BDABDB#BDABDB

#BDABDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.070 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABDB
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, 15.77, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 26.94, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% 0.0371 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.07 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3328, 45.0591, 73.1551)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABDB #C9DBAB

analogous

#ABB1DB #BDABDB #D5ABDB

triadic

#BDABDB #DBBDAB #ABDBBD

tetradic

#BDABDB #DBABB1 #C9DBAB #ABDBD5

square

#BDABDB #DBABB1 #C9DBAB #ABDBD5

split-complementary

#BDABDB #DBD5AB #B1DBAB

monochromatic

#7A55B6 #9B80C9 #BDABDB #DFD6ED #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BDABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BDABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABDB

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABDB	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.070 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4e6',
    500: '#bdabdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabdb;
$custom-light: #d1c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77268,
    "c": 0.07008,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABDB

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B33283

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABDB

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

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