#BDADE4#BDADE4

#BDADE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.079 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADE4
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 16.61, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 30.44, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.0369 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.079 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9304, 46.3072, 79.6914)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADE4 #D4E4AD

analogous

#ADB8E4 #BDADE4 #D8ADE4

triadic

#BDADE4 #E4BDAD #ADE4BD

tetradic

#BDADE4 #E4ADB8 #D4E4AD #ADE4D8

square

#BDADE4 #E4ADB8 #D4E4AD #ADE4D8

split-complementary

#BDADE4 #E4D8AD #B8E4AD

monochromatic

#7351C6 #987FD5 #BDADE4 #E2DBF3 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BDADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADE4

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADE4	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.079 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5ec',
    500: '#bdade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdade4;
$custom-light: #d1c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78002,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADE4

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BE2892

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADE4

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

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