#BDB3EC#BDB3EC

#BDB3EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.081 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3EC
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(251, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 15.08, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 31.04, 299.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0308 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.081 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2432, 49.1146, 86.0683)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3EC #E2ECB3

analogous

#B3C6EC #BDB3EC #DAB3EC

triadic

#BDB3EC #ECBDB3 #B3ECBD

tetradic

#BDB3EC #ECB3C6 #E2ECB3 #B3ECDA

square

#BDB3EC #ECB3C6 #E2ECB3 #B3ECDA

split-complementary

#BDB3EC #ECDAB3 #C6ECB3

monochromatic

#6851D4 #9282E0 #BDB3EC #E8E4F8 #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BDB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3EC

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3EC	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.081 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9f2',
    500: '#bdb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ec;
$custom-light: #d1c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79472,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3EC

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C81EAA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3EC

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

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