#BDABEF#BDABEF

#BDABEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.097 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABEF
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 20.17, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 37.50, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0429 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.097 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1257, 46.1762, 87.8640)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABEF #DDEFAB

analogous

#ABBBEF #BDABEF #DFABEF

triadic

#BDABEF #EFBDAB #ABEFBD

tetradic

#BDABEF #EFABBB #DDEFAB #ABEFDF

square

#BDABEF #EFABBB #DDEFAB #ABEFDF

split-complementary

#BDABEF #EFDFAB #BBEFAB

monochromatic

#6C44DB #9578E5 #BDABEF #E5DEF9 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABEF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABEF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdabef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.097 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f4',
    500: '#bdabef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdabef;
$custom-light: #d1c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdabef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78071,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABEF

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D0169F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABEF

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

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