#BDB4E5#BDB4E5

#BDB4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.069 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E5
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 12.98, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 26.70, 299.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0273 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.069 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4473, 49.1180, 80.8838)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E5 #DCE5B4

analogous

#B4C4E5 #BDB4E5 #D5B4E5

triadic

#BDB4E5 #E5BDB4 #B4E5BD

tetradic

#BDB4E5 #E5B4C4 #DCE5B4 #B4E5D5

square

#BDB4E5 #E5B4C4 #DCE5B4 #B4E5D5

split-complementary

#BDB4E5 #E5D5B4 #C4E5B4

monochromatic

#6D59C5 #9587D5 #BDB4E5 #E5E1F5 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BDB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E5

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E5	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)

#A9BBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.069 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caed',
    500: '#bdb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e5;
$custom-light: #d1caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.02,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.06932,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E5

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BC2AA1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E5

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

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