#BDAFDD#BDAFDD

#BDAFDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.066 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFDD
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 40%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, 13.99, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 25.49, 303.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% 0.0319 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.066 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3647, 46.6991, 74.8057)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFDD #CFDDAF

analogous

#AFB8DD #BDAFDD #D4AFDD

triadic

#BDAFDD #DDBDAF #AFDDBD

tetradic

#BDAFDD #DDAFB8 #CFDDAF #AFDDD4

square

#BDAFDD #DDAFB8 #CFDDAF #AFDDD4

split-complementary

#BDAFDD #DDD4AF #B8DDAF

monochromatic

#7659B8 #9A84CB #BDAFDD #E0DAEF #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDAFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BDAFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFDD

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFDD	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)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.066 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6e7',
    500: '#bdafdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdafdd;
$custom-light: #d1c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78116,
    "c": 0.06622,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFDD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B3328C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFDD

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

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