#BDABEB#BDABEB

#BDABEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.092 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABEB
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 235)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 27%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, 19.27, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 35.38, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% 0.0418 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.092 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5413, 45.9425, 84.7862)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABEB #D9EBAB

analogous

#ABB9EB #BDABEB #DDABEB

triadic

#BDABEB #EBBDAB #ABEBBD

tetradic

#BDABEB #EBABB9 #D9EBAB #ABEBDD

square

#BDABEB #EBABB9 #D9EBAB #ABEBDD

split-complementary

#BDABEB #EBDDAB #B9EBAB

monochromatic

#6F48D3 #967ADF #BDABEB #E4DCF7 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDABEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BDABEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABEB

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABEB	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.092 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f1',
    500: '#bdabeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabeb;
$custom-light: #d1c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABEB

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C91C99

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABEB

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

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