#BDADE5#BDADE5

#BDADE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.080 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADE5
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, 16.83, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 30.97, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0372 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.08 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0697, 46.3629, 80.4246)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADE5 #D5E5AD

analogous

#ADB9E5 #BDADE5 #D9ADE5

triadic

#BDADE5 #E5BDAD #ADE5BD

tetradic

#BDADE5 #E5ADB9 #D5E5AD #ADE5D9

square

#BDADE5 #E5ADB9 #D5E5AD #ADE5D9

split-complementary

#BDADE5 #E5D9AD #B9E5AD

monochromatic

#7250C8 #987FD6 #BDADE5 #E2DBF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BDADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADE5

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADE5	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.080 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5ed',
    500: '#bdade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdade5;
$custom-light: #d1c5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADE5

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF2694

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADE5

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

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