#BDB2E7#BDB2E7

#BDB2E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.075 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2E7
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(252, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 14.52, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 28.97, 300.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0307 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.075 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3273, 48.4287, 82.2294)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2E7 #DCE7B2

analogous

#B2C1E7 #BDB2E7 #D7B2E7

triadic

#BDB2E7 #E7BDB2 #B2E7BD

tetradic

#BDB2E7 #E7B2C1 #DCE7B2 #B2E7D7

square

#BDB2E7 #E7B2C1 #DCE7B2 #B2E7D7

split-complementary

#BDB2E7 #E7D7B2 #C1E7B2

monochromatic

#6D55CA #9583D8 #BDB2E7 #E5E1F6 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BDB2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2E7

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2E7	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.075 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9ee',
    500: '#bdb2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2e7;
$custom-light: #d1c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79082,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2E7

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C026A0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2E7

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

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