#BDB4E6#BDB4E6

#BDB4E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.071 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E6
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 13.20, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 27.23, 298.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0276 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.071 293)
XYZ	xyz(51.5873, 49.1741, 81.6213)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E6 #DDE6B4

analogous

#B4C4E6 #BDB4E6 #D6B4E6

triadic

#BDB4E6 #E6BDB4 #B4E6BD

tetradic

#BDB4E6 #E6B4C4 #DDE6B4 #B4E6D6

square

#BDB4E6 #E6B4C4 #DDE6B4 #B4E6D6

split-complementary

#BDB4E6 #E6D6B4 #C4E6B4

monochromatic

#6C58C7 #9586D7 #BDB4E6 #E5E2F5 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BDB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E6

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E6	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.071 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caee',
    500: '#bdb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e6;
$custom-light: #d1caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7943,
    "c": 0.07071,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.49175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E6

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BD28A2

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E6

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

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