#BDADEB#BDADEB

#BDADEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.088 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADEB
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 235)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 26.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, 18.16, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 34.15, 302.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.039 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.089 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9219, 46.7038, 84.9131)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADEB #DBEBAD

analogous

#ADBCEB #BDADEB #DCADEB

triadic

#BDADEB #EBBDAD #ADEBBD

tetradic

#BDADEB #EBADBC #DBEBAD #ADEBDC

square

#BDADEB #EBADBC #DBEBAD #ADEBDC

split-complementary

#BDADEB #EBDCAD #BCEBAD

monochromatic

#6E4BD3 #957CDF #BDADEB #E5DEF7 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDADEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDADEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADEB

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADEB	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdadeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.088 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5f1',
    500: '#bdadeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdadeb;
$custom-light: #d1c5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdadeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78284,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADEB

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C81D9C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADEB

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

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