#BDB2E2#BDB2E2

#BDB2E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.068 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2E2
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 13.42, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 26.31, 300.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0292 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.068 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6312, 48.1503, 78.5633)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2E2 #D7E2B2

analogous

#B2BFE2 #BDB2E2 #D5B2E2

triadic

#BDB2E2 #E2BDB2 #B2E2BD

tetradic

#BDB2E2 #E2B2BF #D7E2B2 #B2E2D5

square

#BDB2E2 #E2B2BF #D7E2B2 #B2E2D5

split-complementary

#BDB2E2 #E2D5B2 #BFE2B2

monochromatic

#7159C1 #9786D1 #BDB2E2 #E3DEF3 #ECE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BDB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2E2

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2E2	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.068 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9eb',
    500: '#bdb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2e2;
$custom-light: #d1c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.75,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78888,
    "c": 0.06829,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2E2

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#B82D99

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2E2

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

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