#BDB5DA#BDB5DA

#BDB5DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.053 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5DA
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(253, 33%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 10.07, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 20.23, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0223 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.053 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1624, 48.9283, 73.1175)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5DA #D2DAB5

analogous

#B5BFDA #BDB5DA #CFB5DA

triadic

#BDB5DA #DABDB5 #B5DABD

tetradic

#BDB5DA #DAB5BF #D2DAB5 #B5DACF

square

#BDB5DA #DAB5BF #D2DAB5 #B5DACF

split-complementary

#BDB5DA #DACFB5 #BFDAB5

monochromatic

#7463B1 #998CC6 #BDB5DA #E1DEEE #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5DA

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5DA	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.053 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbe5',
    500: '#bdb5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5da;
$custom-light: #d1cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.973,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.05253,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5DA

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#AC3993

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5DA

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

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