#BDB4E9#BDB4E9

#BDB4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.075 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4E9
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(250, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, 13.86, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 28.84, 298.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0285 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.075 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0122, 49.3440, 83.8591)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4E9 #E0E9B4

analogous

#B4C5E9 #BDB4E9 #D7B4E9

triadic

#BDB4E9 #E9BDB4 #B4E9BD

tetradic

#BDB4E9 #E9B4C5 #E0E9B4 #B4E9D7

square

#BDB4E9 #E9B4C5 #E0E9B4 #B4E9D7

split-complementary

#BDB4E9 #E9D7B4 #C5E9B4

monochromatic

#6A55CD #9385DB #BDB4E9 #E7E3F7 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4E9

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4E9	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.075 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1caf0',
    500: '#bdb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4e9;
$custom-light: #d1caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.189,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79547,
    "c": 0.07487,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4E9

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C223A7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4E9

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

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