#BDB2DE#BDB2DE

#BDB2DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.063 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2DE
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 12.56, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 24.18, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% 0.0279 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.063 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0887, 47.9333, 75.7063)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2DE #D3DEB2

analogous

#B2BDDE #BDB2DE #D3B2DE

triadic

#BDB2DE #DEBDB2 #B2DEBD

tetradic

#BDB2DE #DEB2BD #D3DEB2 #B2DED3

square

#BDB2DE #DEB2BD #D3DEB2 #B2DED3

split-complementary

#BDB2DE #DED3B2 #BDDEB2

monochromatic

#745CB9 #9887CC #BDB2DE #E2DDF0 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2DE

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2DE	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.063 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9e8',
    500: '#bdb2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2de;
$custom-light: #d1c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78737,
    "c": 0.06278,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2DE

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B33293

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2DE

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

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