#BDB2EB#BDB2EB

#BDB2EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.081 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2EB
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 235)
HSL	hsl(252, 59%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(252, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, 15.41, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 31.10, 299.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0319 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.081 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8987, 48.6573, 85.2387)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2EB #E0EBB2

analogous

#B2C3EB #BDB2EB #D9B2EB

triadic

#BDB2EB #EBBDB2 #B2EBBD

tetradic

#BDB2EB #EBB2C3 #E0EBB2 #B2EBD9

square

#BDB2EB #EBB2C3 #E0EBB2 #B2EBD9

split-complementary

#BDB2EB #EBD9B2 #C3EBB2

monochromatic

#6A51D2 #9381DE #BDB2EB #E7E3F8 #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDB2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BDB2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2EB

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2EB	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.081 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9f1',
    500: '#bdb2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2eb;
$custom-light: #d1c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.579,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.08069,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2EB

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C61FA6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2EB

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

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