#BDB4E7#BDB4E7

#BDB4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.072 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E7
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(251, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(251, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, 13.42, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 27.77, 298.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0279 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.072 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7281, 49.2304, 82.3630)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E7 #DEE7B4

analogous

#B4C4E7 #BDB4E7 #D6B4E7

triadic

#BDB4E7 #E7BDB4 #B4E7BD

tetradic

#BDB4E7 #E7B4C4 #DEE7B4 #B4E7D6

square

#BDB4E7 #E7B4C4 #DEE7B4 #B4E7D6

split-complementary

#BDB4E7 #E7D6B4 #C4E7B4

monochromatic

#6B57C9 #9486D8 #BDB4E7 #E6E2F6 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BDB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E7

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E7	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.072 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caee',
    500: '#bdb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e7;
$custom-light: #d1caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79469,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E7

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BF27A4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E7

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

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