#BDADD2#BDADD2

#BDADD2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.055 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADD2
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 29%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 18%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, 12.78, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 20.97, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0312 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.055 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5605, 45.3592, 67.2099)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADD2 #C2D2AD

analogous

#ADAFD2 #BDADD2 #D0ADD2

triadic

#BDADD2 #D2BDAD #ADD2BD

tetradic

#BDADD2 #D2ADAF #C2D2AD #ADD2D0

square

#BDADD2 #D2ADAF #C2D2AD #ADD2D0

split-complementary

#BDADD2 #D2D0AD #AFD2AD

monochromatic

#7D5EA7 #9D85BC #BDADD2 #DDD5E8 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADD2

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADD2	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.055 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5df',
    500: '#bdadd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadd2;
$custom-light: #d1c5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77321,
    "c": 0.05473,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADD2

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A83E7A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADD2

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

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