#BDABED#BDABED

#BDABED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.094 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABED
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 237)
HSL	hsl(256, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 19.72, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 36.44, 302.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0424 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.094 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8318, 46.0587, 86.3166)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABED #DBEDAB

analogous

#ABBAED #BDABED #DEABED

triadic

#BDABED #EDBDAB #ABEDBD

tetradic

#BDABED #EDABBA #DBEDAB #ABEDDE

square

#BDABED #EDABBA #DBEDAB #ABEDDE

split-complementary

#BDABED #EDDEAB #BAEDAB

monochromatic

#6E46D7 #9579E2 #BDABED #E5DDF8 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDABED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDABED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABED

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABED	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.094 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f3',
    500: '#bdabed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabed;
$custom-light: #d1c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABED

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CD199C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABED

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

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