#BDABDD#BDABDD

#BDABDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.073 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABDD
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 42%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 16.20, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 27.99, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0377 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.073 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5977, 45.1651, 74.5501)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABDD #CBDDAB

analogous

#ABB2DD #BDABDD #D6ABDD

triadic

#BDABDD #DDBDAB #ABDDBD

tetradic

#BDABDD #DDABB2 #CBDDAB #ABDDD6

square

#BDABDD #DDABB2 #CBDDAB #ABDDD6

split-complementary

#BDABDD #DDD6AB #B2DDAB

monochromatic

#7954BA #9B7FCB #BDABDD #DFD7EF #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BDABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABDD

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABDD	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.073 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4e7',
    500: '#bdabdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabdd;
$custom-light: #d1c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77345,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABDD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B53085

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABDD

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

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