#BDABE4#BDABE4

#BDABE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.082 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABE4
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(259, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 17.71, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 31.68, 304.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0398 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.082 299)
XYZ	xyz(49.5498, 45.5459, 79.5645)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABE4 #D2E4AB

analogous

#ABB5E4 #BDABE4 #D9ABE4

triadic

#BDABE4 #E4BDAB #ABE4BD

tetradic

#BDABE4 #E4ABB5 #D2E4AB #ABE4D9

square

#BDABE4 #E4ABB5 #D2E4AB #ABE4D9

split-complementary

#BDABE4 #E4D9AB #B5E4AB

monochromatic

#744EC6 #997DD5 #BDABE4 #E1D9F3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BDABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABE4

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABE4	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.082 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ec',
    500: '#bdabe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabe4;
$custom-light: #d1c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7762,
    "c": 0.0822,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.45546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABE4

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF278F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABE4

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

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