#BDABEC#BDABEC

#BDABEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.093 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABEC
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 236)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 19.49, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 35.91, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.0421 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.093 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6862, 46.0004, 85.5493)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABEC #DAECAB

analogous

#ABBAEC #BDABEC #DDABEC

triadic

#BDABEC #ECBDAB #ABECBD

tetradic

#BDABEC #ECABBA #DAECAB #ABECDD

square

#BDABEC #ECABBA #DAECAB #ABECDD

split-complementary

#BDABEC #ECDDAB #BAECAB

monochromatic

#6F47D5 #9679E1 #BDABEC #E4DDF7 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDABEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BDABEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABEC

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABEC	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.093 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f2',
    500: '#bdabec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabec;
$custom-light: #d1c4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.615,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77946,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABEC

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CB1B9A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABEC

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

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