#BDAED8#BDAED8

#BDAED8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.061 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAED8
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 19%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 13.48, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 23.48, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0317 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.061 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5146, 46.0488, 71.2849)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAED8 #C9D8AE

analogous

#AEB4D8 #BDAED8 #D2AED8

triadic

#BDAED8 #D8BDAE #AED8BD

tetradic

#BDAED8 #D8AEB4 #C9D8AE #AED8D2

square

#BDAED8 #D8AEB4 #C9D8AE #AED8D2

split-complementary

#BDAED8 #D8D2AE #B4D8AE

monochromatic

#7A5BB0 #9B85C4 #BDAED8 #DFD7EC #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDAED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDAED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAED8

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAED8	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.061 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6e4',
    500: '#bdaed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaed8;
$custom-light: #d1c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77735,
    "c": 0.06109,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAED8

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AE3884

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAED8

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

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