#BDABDE#BDABDE

#BDABDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.074 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABDE
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 222)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, 16.41, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 28.51, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.038 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.074 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7313, 45.2185, 75.2538)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABDE #CCDEAB

analogous

#ABB3DE #BDABDE #D7ABDE

triadic

#BDABDE #DEBDAB #ABDEBD

tetradic

#BDABDE #DEABB3 #CCDEAB #ABDED7

square

#BDABDE #DEABB3 #CCDEAB #ABDED7

split-complementary

#BDABDE #DED7AB #B3DEAB

monochromatic

#7853BB #9A7FCD #BDABDE #E0D7EF #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDABDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BDABDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABDE

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABDE	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.074 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4e8',
    500: '#bdabde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabde;
$custom-light: #d1c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77384,
    "c": 0.07411,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABDE

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B72F87

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABDE

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

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