#BDB4E2#BDB4E2

#BDB4E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.065 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E2
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(252, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, 12.33, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 25.10, 299.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0263 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.065 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0320, 48.9519, 78.6969)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E2 #D9E2B4

analogous

#B4C2E2 #BDB4E2 #D4B4E2

triadic

#BDB4E2 #E2BDB4 #B4E2BD

tetradic

#BDB4E2 #E2B4C2 #D9E2B4 #B4E2D4

square

#BDB4E2 #E2B4C2 #D9E2B4 #B4E2D4

split-complementary

#BDB4E2 #E2D4B4 #C2E2B4

monochromatic

#6F5CC0 #9688D1 #BDB4E2 #E4E0F3 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDB4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E2

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E2	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.065 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caeb',
    500: '#bdb4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e2;
$custom-light: #d1caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.739,
    "s": 44.231,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79277,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E2

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B72E9D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →