#BDB5DF#BDB5DF

#BDB5DF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.059 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5DF
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(251, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 11.13, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 22.90, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0239 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.059 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8266, 49.1939, 76.6154)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5DF #D7DFB5

analogous

#B5C2DF #BDB5DF #D2B5DF

triadic

#BDB5DF #DFBDB5 #B5DFBD

tetradic

#BDB5DF #DFB5C2 #D7DFB5 #B5DFD2

square

#BDB5DF #DFB5C2 #D7DFB5 #B5DFD2

split-complementary

#BDB5DF #DFD2B5 #C2DFB5

monochromatic

#7160BA #978ACD #BDB5DF #E3E0F1 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDB5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BDB5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5DF

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5DF	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)

#ACBBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.059 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbe9',
    500: '#bdb5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5df;
$custom-light: #d1cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79361,
    "c": 0.05946,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5DF

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B3339A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5DF

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

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