#BDABE9#BDABE9

#BDABE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.089 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABE9
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 18.82, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 34.32, 303.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% 0.0412 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.089 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2540, 45.8276, 83.2730)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABE9 #D7E9AB

analogous

#ABB8E9 #BDABE9 #DCABE9

triadic

#BDABE9 #E9BDAB #ABE9BD

tetradic

#BDABE9 #E9ABB8 #D7E9AB #ABE9DC

square

#BDABE9 #E9ABB8 #D7E9AB #ABE9DC

split-complementary

#BDABE9 #E9DCAB #B8E9AB

monochromatic

#714AD0 #977BDC #BDABE9 #E3DBF6 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BDABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABE9

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABE9	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.089 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f0',
    500: '#bdabe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabe9;
$custom-light: #d1c4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABE9

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C61F96

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABE9

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

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