#BDABE5#BDABE5

#BDABE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.084 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABE5
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, 17.93, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 32.21, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0401 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.084 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6890, 45.6016, 80.2978)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABE5 #D3E5AB

analogous

#ABB6E5 #BDABE5 #DAABE5

triadic

#BDABE5 #E5BDAB #ABE5BD

tetradic

#BDABE5 #E5ABB6 #D3E5AB #ABE5DA

square

#BDABE5 #E5ABB6 #D3E5AB #ABE5DA

split-complementary

#BDABE5 #E5DAAB #B6E5AB

monochromatic

#744EC8 #987CD7 #BDABE5 #E2DAF3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BDABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABE5

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABE5	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.084 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ed',
    500: '#bdabe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabe5;
$custom-light: #d1c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7766,
    "c": 0.08355,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABE5

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C02590

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABE5

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

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