#BDADDD#BDADDD

#BDADDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.069 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADDD
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 15.09, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 26.74, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% 0.0348 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.069 300)
XYZ	xyz(48.9783, 45.9263, 74.6769)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADDD #CDDDAD

analogous

#ADB5DD #BDADDD #D5ADDD

triadic

#BDADDD #DDBDAD #ADDDBD

tetradic

#BDADDD #DDADB5 #CDDDAD #ADDDD5

square

#BDADDD #DDADB5 #CDDDAD #ADDDD5

split-complementary

#BDADDD #DDD5AD #B5DDAD

monochromatic

#7756B9 #9A82CB #BDADDD #E0D8EF #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BDADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADDD

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADDD	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)

#A4B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.069 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5e7',
    500: '#bdaddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaddd;
$custom-light: #d1c5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.45926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADDD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B43189

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADDD

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

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