#BDB4E1#BDB4E1

#BDB4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.064 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E1
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(252, 43%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 12.11, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 24.56, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.026 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.064 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8952, 48.8972, 77.9763)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E1 #D8E1B4

analogous

#B4C2E1 #BDB4E1 #D4B4E1

triadic

#BDB4E1 #E1BDB4 #B4E1BD

tetradic

#BDB4E1 #E1B4C2 #D8E1B4 #B4E1D4

square

#BDB4E1 #E1B4C2 #D8E1B4 #B4E1D4

split-complementary

#BDB4E1 #E1D4B4 #C2E1B4

monochromatic

#705DBE #9788D0 #BDB4E1 #E3E0F2 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BDB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E1

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E1	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.064 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caea',
    500: '#bdb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e1;
$custom-light: #d1caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.06378,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E1

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B6309B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E1

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

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