#BDADE8#BDADE8

#BDADE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.084 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADE8
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 17.49, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 32.56, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0381 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.084 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4922, 46.5318, 82.6497)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADE8 #D8E8AD

analogous

#ADBBE8 #BDADE8 #DBADE8

triadic

#BDADE8 #E8BDAD #ADE8BD

tetradic

#BDADE8 #E8ADBB #D8E8AD #ADE8DB

square

#BDADE8 #E8ADBB #D8E8AD #ADE8DB

split-complementary

#BDADE8 #E8DBAD #BBE8AD

monochromatic

#704DCD #977DDB #BDADE8 #E3DDF5 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BDADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADE8

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADE8	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.084 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5ef',
    500: '#bdade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdade8;
$custom-light: #d1c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.271,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADE8

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C42298

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADE8

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

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