#BDAED9#BDAED9

#BDAED9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.062 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAED9
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(261, 36%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, 13.69, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 24.00, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0321 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.062 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6442, 46.1006, 71.9678)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAED9 #CAD9AE

analogous

#AEB5D9 #BDAED9 #D3AED9

triadic

#BDAED9 #D9BDAE #AED9BD

tetradic

#BDAED9 #D9AEB5 #CAD9AE #AED9D3

square

#BDAED9 #D9AEB5 #CAD9AE #AED9D3

split-complementary

#BDAED9 #D9D3AE #B5D9AE

monochromatic

#795BB2 #9B84C5 #BDAED9 #DFD8ED #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BDAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAED9

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAED9	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.062 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6e4',
    500: '#bdaed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaed9;
$custom-light: #d1c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77772,
    "c": 0.06243,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAED9

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AF3685

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAED9

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

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