#BDB4E8#BDB4E8

#BDB4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.073 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E8
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(250, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(250, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 13.64, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 28.30, 298.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0282 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.073 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8697, 49.2870, 83.1089)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E8 #DFE8B4

analogous

#B4C5E8 #BDB4E8 #D7B4E8

triadic

#BDB4E8 #E8BDB4 #B4E8BD

tetradic

#BDB4E8 #E8B4C5 #DFE8B4 #B4E8D7

square

#BDB4E8 #E8B4C5 #DFE8B4 #B4E8D7

split-complementary

#BDB4E8 #E8D7B4 #C5E8B4

monochromatic

#6B56CB #9485DA #BDB4E8 #E6E3F6 #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BDB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E8

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E8	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.073 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caef',
    500: '#bdb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e8;
$custom-light: #d1caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.385,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79508,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E8

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C025A6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E8

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

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