#BDB4E4#BDB4E4

#BDB4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.068 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E4
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 12.76, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 26.17, 299.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.027 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.068 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3080, 49.0624, 80.1506)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E4 #DBE4B4

analogous

#B4C3E4 #BDB4E4 #D5B4E4

triadic

#BDB4E4 #E4BDB4 #B4E4BD

tetradic

#BDB4E4 #E4B4C3 #DBE4B4 #B4E4D5

square

#BDB4E4 #E4B4C3 #DBE4B4 #B4E4D5

split-complementary

#BDB4E4 #E4D5B4 #C3E4B4

monochromatic

#6E5AC4 #9587D4 #BDB4E4 #E5E1F4 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BDB4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E4

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E4	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)

#A9BBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.068 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caec',
    500: '#bdb4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e4;
$custom-light: #d1caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79353,
    "c": 0.06794,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E4

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BA2B9F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E4

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

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