Color

#bdb8ff

#bdb8ff
hex#bdb8ff
rgbrgb(189, 184, 255)
hslhsl(244, 100%, 86%)
oklchoklch(0.812 0.099 287.2)
Closest name: Purple Illusion (#b8b8f8)Relative luminance 0.5232

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#faffb8

#b8d7ff · #e0b8ff

#ffbcb8 · #b8ffbc

Split-complementary

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#ffe0b8 · #d7ffb8

#ffb8d7 · #faffb8 · #b8ffe0

Contrast

#bdb8ff as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
1.83:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #675cff as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #3729ff as the text (7.18:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #4d4d4d (4.61:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #303030 (7.2:1)
Aaon black
11.46:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #bdb8ff as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#bdb8ff reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #bdb8ff
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #bdb8ff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/bdb8ff-a39cc4-dfa24e-261f2d-e9edf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md