#BDAAEE

sRGB: 189 / 170 / 238

Ancient mountains command forgotten kingdoms
Sacred blossoms awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#BDAAEE belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 189 red, 170 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 256.8° lands in the violet region. Its 66.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.15:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 189, 170, 238
HSL: 256.76°, 66.67%, 80.00%
HSV / HSB: 256.76°, 28.57%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 20.59%, 28.57%, 0.00%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.791, 45.741, 87.045
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.377, 20.499, -31.508
WCAG relative luminance: 0.45741
24-bit decimal: 12430062

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BDAAEE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.15:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.07:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DBEEAA sits half a turn (180°) from #BDAAEE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BDAAEE #DBEEAA

Analogous

#AAB9EE and #DFAAEE sit 30° to either side of #BDAAEE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#AAB9EE #BDAAEE #DFAAEE

Triadic

#BDAAEE, #EEBDAA and #AAEEBD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BDAAEE #EEBDAA #AAEEBD

Split complementary

Start at #BDAAEE and look across the wheel. #EEDFAA and #B9EEAA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BDAAEE #EEDFAA #B9EEAA

Square

Starting with #BDAAEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEAAB9, #DBEEAA, then #AAEEDF. Across the square, #BDAAEE pairs with #DBEEAA, and #EEAAB9 with #AAEEDF.

#BDAAEE #EEAAB9 #DBEEAA #AAEEDF

Tetradic

#BDAAEE and #DBEEAA are opposites, as are #EEAADB and #AAEEBD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BDAAEE #EEAADB #DBEEAA #AAEEBD

Tints

Mixing #BDAAEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABBF1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2EEFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BDAAEE #CABBF1 #D7CCF5 #E5DDF8 #F2EEFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BDAAEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9788BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #262230, the mixture is 80% black.

#BDAAEE #9788BE #71668F #4C445F #262230 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BDAAEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1A2D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8896, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BDAAEE #B1A2D8 #A599C2 #9891AC #8C8896 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BDAAEE

RGB

rgb(189 170 238)

HSL

hsl(256.765 66.667% 80.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BDAAEE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BDAAEE uses 189 red, 170 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.1%

Green 66.7%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BDAAEE is 20.6% cyan, 28.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.6%

Magenta 28.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBAAEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BAE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BDAAEE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBAAEE Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#BDAAEE #C2B5E3 #C7C1D7 #CCCCCC #D1D7C1 #D6E3B5 #DBEEAA

Color vision previews

Compare how #BDAAEE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B4B5C2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A7B1EF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A8B1ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BAAEDF

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B4B4B4

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B9AFD4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.50888 G 0.40198 B 0.85499

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.72867 G 0.66931 B 0.91444

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.48990 G 0.40553 B 0.81628

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.277 y 0.249 Y 45.741

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.882 M % 33.333 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111101 10101010 11101110