#BDA0CA#BDA0CA

#BDA0CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.067 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA0CA
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 18.33, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 25.35, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0479 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.067 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2161, 40.2252, 61.3006)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA0CA #ADCAA0

analogous

#A8A0CA #BDA0CA #CAA0C2

triadic

#BDA0CA #CABDA0 #A0CABD

tetradic

#BDA0CA #CAA8A0 #ADCAA0 #A0C2CA

square

#BDA0CA #CAA8A0 #ADCAA0 #A0C2CA

split-complementary

#BDA0CA #C2CAA0 #A0CAA8

monochromatic

#85569A #A279B4 #BDA0CA #D8C7E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDA0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA0CA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA0CA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.067 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcda',
    500: '#bda0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda0ca;
$custom-light: #d1bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.429,
    "s": 28.378,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74526,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA0CA

secondary

#E1E8DD

accent

#A73E5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA0CA

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

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