#BDABE1#BDABE1

#BDABE1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.078 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABE1
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(260, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 24%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 17.06, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 30.10, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0389 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.078 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1370, 45.3808, 77.3903)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABE1 #CFE1AB

analogous

#ABB4E1 #BDABE1 #D8ABE1

triadic

#BDABE1 #E1BDAB #ABE1BD

tetradic

#BDABE1 #E1ABB4 #CFE1AB #ABE1D8

square

#BDABE1 #E1ABB4 #CFE1AB #ABE1D8

split-complementary

#BDABE1 #E1D8AB #B4E1AB

monochromatic

#7651C1 #9A7ED1 #BDABE1 #E0D8F1 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BDABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABE1

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABE1	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.078 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ea',
    500: '#bdabe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabe1;
$custom-light: #d1c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77501,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABE1

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BB2B8B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABE1

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

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