#BDB3EB#BDB3EB

#BDB3EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.079 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3EB
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(251, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 14.86, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 30.50, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0305 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.079 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0984, 49.0567, 85.3053)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3EB #E1EBB3

analogous

#B3C5EB #BDB3EB #D9B3EB

triadic

#BDB3EB #EBBDB3 #B3EBBD

tetradic

#BDB3EB #EBB3C5 #E1EBB3 #B3EBD9

square

#BDB3EB #EBB3C5 #E1EBB3 #B3EBD9

split-complementary

#BDB3EB #EBD9B3 #C5EBB3

monochromatic

#6952D1 #9383DE #BDB3EB #E7E3F8 #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BDB3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3EB

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3EB	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.079 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9f1',
    500: '#bdb3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3eb;
$custom-light: #d1c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79432,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3EB

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C620A8

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3EB

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

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