#BDA0CB#BDA0CB

#BDA0CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.069 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA0CB
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 18.53, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 25.84, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0482 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.069 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3349, 40.2728, 61.9262)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA0CB #AECBA0

analogous

#A7A0CB #BDA0CB #CBA0C3

triadic

#BDA0CB #CBBDA0 #A0CBBD

tetradic

#BDA0CB #CBA7A0 #AECBA0 #A0C3CB

square

#BDA0CB #CBA7A0 #AECBA0 #A0C3CB

split-complementary

#BDA0CB #C3CBA0 #A0CBA7

monochromatic

#85559B #A278B5 #BDA0CB #D8C8E1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BDA0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA0CB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA0CB	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)

#9AA8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.069 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcdb',
    500: '#bda0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda0cb;
$custom-light: #d1bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.465,
    "s": 29.252,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74563,
    "c": 0.06853,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA0CB

secondary

#E1E9DE

accent

#A83E60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA0CB

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

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