Color reference

#BDB5DE color reference

Muted Light Violet

This is a muted, light violet under the deterministic OKLCH hue, lightness, and chroma ranges. Its closest standardized CSS named color is Light Steel Blue (#B0C4DE), measured with straight-line OKLab distance.

Descriptive label
Muted Light Violet
Recommended text
Black · 10.83:1
Relative luminance
0.491405
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Formats UI preview Contrast 50–900 scale Harmonies Matches Related colors Color vision Exports

Copyable values

#BDB5DE in common color formats

Values are calculated from the same opaque sRGB color. Display rounding does not alter the internal calculations.

Color conversions for #BDB5DE
Format Value Action
HEX #BDB5DE
RGB rgb(189 181 222)
HSL hsl(252 38.32% 79.02%)
HSV hsv(252 18.47% 87.06%)
HWB hwb(252 70.98% 12.94%)
XYZ D65 color(xyz-d65 0.506924 0.491405 0.759241)
LAB lab(75.3741% 9.0068 -19.6276)
LCH lch(75.3741% 21.5955 294.6497)
OKLAB oklab(79.3237% 0.023603 -0.053061)
OKLCH oklch(79.3237% 0.058074 293.9808)

Real-world test

Try #BDB5DE on interface components

Preview the source as a primary action, subtle status, form treatment, and card surface. Persistent state controls help touch and keyboard users inspect the same normal, hover, and active colors.

Normal state uses #BDB5DE with black text at 10.83:1.

Action

Primary button

Use the controls above or point to and press the button to inspect its visual states.

Status

Subtle alert badge

A 12% source tint over white provides the background; readable text is selected separately.

Ready for review

Form

Border and focus ring

Source ring on white: 1.94:1 · does not meet the 3:1 non-text threshold where applicable.

Surface

Card component

The selected state becomes the card surface with its strongest black-or-white text pairing.

Design system Color decision ready Review states and surrounding surfaces before shipping.

Accessibility diagnostics

WCAG contrast for exact color pairs

Each result applies only to the named foreground, background, text size, and requirement. It is not a complete accessibility or component-conformance claim.

Source #BDB5DE Exact pair assessment Results for source text on white appear below.

On white

1.94:1

  • Fail AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Fail AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Fail AA large text · 3:1
  • Fail UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1
Source #BDB5DE Exact pair assessment Results for source text on black appear below.

On black

10.83:1

  • Pass AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Pass AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Pass AA large text · 3:1
  • Pass UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1

Use guidance

What this color may be suitable for

Not recommended

Normal-sized text

#BDB5DE does not reach 4.5:1 on white or Hue Codex paper, so it should not be used there for normal-sized text.

Needs a boundary

Controls and interface graphics

Against Hue Codex paper, the color reaches only 1.86:1. Use a contrasting border or another non-color boundary for meaningful controls and graphics.

Readable pairing available

Colored surface or button fill

Black text provides the stronger black/white pairing on #BDB5DE at 10.83:1. This validates only that text pair, not hover, focus, disabled, or adjacent-color states.

Restrained neutral

Palette role

Its OKLCH chroma of 0.0581 is restrained, which is generally more suitable for surfaces, borders, or neutral system roles than for a vivid accent.

Pair available

Color used as foreground

The stronger black/white background is black at 10.83:1. Always retest against the actual rendered background and text size.

Tested backgrounds

Foreground pairing comparison

#BDB5DE foreground contrast on tested backgrounds
Pair Background Contrast ratio
Black#000000 10.83:1
Hue Codex ink#10212B 8.5:1
White#FFFFFF 1.94:1
Hue Codex paper#FBFAF5 1.86:1
Soft neutral#F2EFE6 1.69:1
Check #BDB5DE on another background in Contrast Checker

Design-system starting point

A perceptual 50–900 reference scale

The source color is preserved at the nearest lightness step. Other swatches keep its OKLCH hue, moderate chroma toward the extremes, and reduce chroma only when needed to remain in sRGB.

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This is a Hue Codex reference scale, not a claim that the values match Tailwind, Material, or another framework’s named palette.

Adjust the #BDB5DE scale in Tints, Shades & Tones

Color relationships

Complementary, analogous, and triadic colors

Hue rotations use OKLCH while preserving lightness and requested chroma. When a rotated result falls outside sRGB, chroma is reduced deterministically and disclosed.

Complementary

Source #BDB5DE
Complement

Analogous

Source #BDB5DE
Analogous −30°
Analogous +30°

Triadic

Source #BDB5DE
Triad +120°
Triad +240°

Applied pairing

A small interface check

The source anchors the main action while the complement marks a secondary status. Contrast is selected separately for each fill.

Project color Muted Light Violet
Complement
Explore #BDB5DE in Color Harmonies

Distance matching

Closest standardized and framework colors

Matches use straight-line OKLab distance ×100. A smaller value means the coordinates are closer in this model; it is not a claim that two tokens are interchangeable in a design system.

CSS named color

Light Steel Blue

#B0C4DE

OKLab distance ×100: 4.19

Tailwind v4 default

violet-300

oklch(81.1% 0.111 293.571)

OKLab distance ×100: 5.58 · sRGB preview #C4B4FF

Print boundary

Pantone match not estimated

Reliable print matching needs licensed reference data plus a defined ink, paper, profile, and viewing condition.

Read the print methodology

Color-vision screening

Approximate color-vision-deficiency views

These encoded-sRGB matrix previews are screening approximations. They help reveal possible color-only distinctions but do not reproduce every person’s vision or establish accessibility conformance.

Original#BDB5DE
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Protanopia

Red-vision deficiency approximation

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Deuteranopia

Green-vision deficiency approximation

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Tritanopia

Blue-yellow deficiency approximation

Original#BDB5DE
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Achromatopsia

Monochromatic-vision approximation

Test #BDB5DE with a complete palette in the CVD Simulator

Ready to use

Copy framework-ready color tokens

Exports preserve the source, readable foreground, and generated 50–900 scale. Tailwind v4 CSS-first and Tailwind v3 JavaScript-config formats are labeled separately.

CSS custom properties

Semantic aliases and the complete 50–900 scale.

:root {
  --color-primary: #BDB5DE;
  --color-on-primary: #000000;
  --color-primary-oklch: oklch(79.3237% 0.058074 293.9808);
  --color-primary-50: #F5F3FF;
  --color-primary-100: #DFD9F9;
  --color-primary-200: #BDB5DE;
  --color-primary-300: #ACA4CC;
  --color-primary-400: #948CB1;
  --color-primary-500: #7C7598;
  --color-primary-600: #655E7E;
  --color-primary-700: #4E4866;
  --color-primary-800: #39334F;
  --color-primary-900: #251F38;
}

Tailwind v4 CSS-first theme

Current @theme syntax for bg-brand, text-brand, and scale utilities.

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-brand: #BDB5DE;
  --color-brand-foreground: #000000;
  --color-brand-50: #F5F3FF;
  --color-brand-100: #DFD9F9;
  --color-brand-200: #BDB5DE;
  --color-brand-300: #ACA4CC;
  --color-brand-400: #948CB1;
  --color-brand-500: #7C7598;
  --color-brand-600: #655E7E;
  --color-brand-700: #4E4866;
  --color-brand-800: #39334F;
  --color-brand-900: #251F38;
}

Tailwind v3 / legacy config

CommonJS theme.extend.colors for JavaScript-config projects.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        brand: {
          '50': '#F5F3FF',
          '100': '#DFD9F9',
          '200': '#BDB5DE',
          '300': '#ACA4CC',
          '400': '#948CB1',
          '500': '#7C7598',
          '600': '#655E7E',
          '700': '#4E4866',
          '800': '#39334F',
          '900': '#251F38',
          DEFAULT: '#BDB5DE',
          foreground: '#000000',
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

Sass variables

Semantic source, foreground, OKLCH, and scale variables.

$color-primary: #BDB5DE;
$color-on-primary: #000000;
$color-primary-oklch: oklch(79.3237% 0.058074 293.9808);
$color-primary-50: #F5F3FF;
$color-primary-100: #DFD9F9;
$color-primary-200: #BDB5DE;
$color-primary-300: #ACA4CC;
$color-primary-400: #948CB1;
$color-primary-500: #7C7598;
$color-primary-600: #655E7E;
$color-primary-700: #4E4866;
$color-primary-800: #39334F;
$color-primary-900: #251F38;

Modern color-mix()

Static fallbacks followed by OKLab tint and shade declarations.

:root {
  --color-primary: #BDB5DE;
  --color-primary-tint: #BDB5DE;
  --color-primary-tint: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 72%, white);
  --color-primary-shade: #4E4866;
  --color-primary-shade: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 82%, black);
}

JSON design data

Source formats, readable text, and the generated scale.

{
    "name": "Muted Light Violet",
    "hex": "#BDB5DE",
    "rgb": "rgb(189 181 222)",
    "oklch": "oklch(79.3237% 0.058074 293.9808)",
    "recommendedText": "#000000",
    "scale": {
        "50": "#F5F3FF",
        "100": "#DFD9F9",
        "200": "#BDB5DE",
        "300": "#ACA4CC",
        "400": "#948CB1",
        "500": "#7C7598",
        "600": "#655E7E",
        "700": "#4E4866",
        "800": "#39334F",
        "900": "#251F38"
    }
}

Continue the decision

Use #BDB5DE in a complete workflow

Reference values are a starting point. Test the color in its real role, background, states, typography, and surrounding palette before shipping.

Adjust #BDB5DE in Color PickerStart with this exact color and white as the working background for role and accessibility decisions. Build a palette from #BDB5DE in Palette GeneratorUse this exact HEX as the seed for a deterministic, role-based palette. Check #BDB5DE on white in Contrast CheckerStart with this color as the foreground and white as the background, then test the real pair.