#BDB3EA#BDB3EA

#BDB3EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.078 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3EA
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(251, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 23.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 14.63, -26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 29.97, 299.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0302 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.078 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9543, 48.9990, 84.5465)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3EA #E0EAB3

analogous

#B3C4EA #BDB3EA #D8B3EA

triadic

#BDB3EA #EABDB3 #B3EABD

tetradic

#BDB3EA #EAB3C4 #E0EAB3 #B3EAD8

square

#BDB3EA #EAB3C4 #E0EAB3 #B3EAD8

split-complementary

#BDB3EA #EAD8B3 #C4EAB3

monochromatic

#6A53D0 #9383DD #BDB3EA #E7E3F7 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDB3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3EA

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3EA	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.078 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9f1',
    500: '#bdb3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ea;
$custom-light: #d1c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79393,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3EA

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C421A7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3EA

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

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