#BDABE3#BDABE3

#BDABE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.081 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABE3
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 17.50, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 31.15, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0395 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.081 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4114, 45.4905, 78.8356)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABE3 #D1E3AB

analogous

#ABB5E3 #BDABE3 #D9ABE3

triadic

#BDABE3 #E3BDAB #ABE3BD

tetradic

#BDABE3 #E3ABB5 #D1E3AB #ABE3D9

square

#BDABE3 #E3ABB5 #D1E3AB #ABE3D9

split-complementary

#BDABE3 #E3D9AB #B5E3AB

monochromatic

#754FC4 #997DD4 #BDABE3 #E1D9F2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BDABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABE3

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABE3	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.081 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ec',
    500: '#bdabe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabe3;
$custom-light: #d1c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7758,
    "c": 0.08085,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABE3

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BD288D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABE3

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

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