#BDABE8#BDABE8

#BDABE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.088 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABE8
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 18.60, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 33.79, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.041 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.088 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1115, 45.7706, 82.5228)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABE8 #D6E8AB

analogous

#ABB8E8 #BDABE8 #DCABE8

triadic

#BDABE8 #E8BDAB #ABE8BD

tetradic

#BDABE8 #E8ABB8 #D6E8AB #ABE8DC

square

#BDABE8 #E8ABB8 #D6E8AB #ABE8DC

split-complementary

#BDABE8 #E8DCAB #B8E8AB

monochromatic

#724BCE #977BDB #BDABE8 #E3DBF5 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BDABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABE8

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABE8	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.088 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ef',
    500: '#bdabe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabe8;
$custom-light: #d1c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.705,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77782,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABE8

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C52194

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABE8

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

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