#BDABE2#BDABE2

#BDABE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.080 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABE2
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(260, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 17.28, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 30.62, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% 0.0392 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.08 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2738, 45.4355, 78.1108)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABE2 #D0E2AB

analogous

#ABB4E2 #BDABE2 #D8ABE2

triadic

#BDABE2 #E2BDAB #ABE2BD

tetradic

#BDABE2 #E2ABB4 #D0E2AB #ABE2D8

square

#BDABE2 #E2ABB4 #D0E2AB #ABE2D8

split-complementary

#BDABE2 #E2D8AB #B4E2AB

monochromatic

#7650C3 #997ED2 #BDABE2 #E1D8F2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BDABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABE2

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABE2	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.080 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4eb',
    500: '#bdabe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabe2;
$custom-light: #d1c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.636,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77541,
    "c": 0.0795,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABE2

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BC2A8C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABE2

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

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