#BDB2DD#BDB2DD

#BDB2DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.061 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2DD
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(255, 39%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 12.35, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 23.65, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.0276 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.061 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9551, 47.8798, 75.0025)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2DD #D2DDB2

analogous

#B2BCDD #BDB2DD #D2B2DD

triadic

#BDB2DD #DDBDB2 #B2DDBD

tetradic

#BDB2DD #DDB2BC #D2DDB2 #B2DDD2

square

#BDB2DD #DDB2BC #D2DDB2 #B2DDD2

split-complementary

#BDB2DD #DDD2B2 #BCDDB2

monochromatic

#745DB8 #9988CA #BDB2DD #E1DCF0 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2DD

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2DD	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.061 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9e7',
    500: '#bdb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2dd;
$custom-light: #d1c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.787,
    "c": 0.0614,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2DD

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B23491

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2DD

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

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