#BDADE2#BDADE2

#BDADE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.076 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADE2
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(258, 48%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, 16.17, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 29.38, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% 0.0363 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.076 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6544, 46.1968, 78.2377)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADE2 #D2E2AD

analogous

#ADB7E2 #BDADE2 #D7ADE2

triadic

#BDADE2 #E2BDAD #ADE2BD

tetradic

#BDADE2 #E2ADB7 #D2E2AD #ADE2D7

square

#BDADE2 #E2ADB7 #D2E2AD #ADE2D7

split-complementary

#BDADE2 #E2D7AD #B7E2AD

monochromatic

#7453C2 #9980D2 #BDADE2 #E1DAF2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BDADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADE2

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADE2	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)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.076 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5eb',
    500: '#bdade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdade2;
$custom-light: #d1c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.113,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77923,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADE2

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BB2A8F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADE2

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

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