#BDA0CD#BDA0CD

#BDA0CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.071 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA0CD
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 18.93, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 26.83, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0488 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.071 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5747, 40.3687, 63.1895)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA0CD #B0CDA0

analogous

#A7A0CD #BDA0CD #CDA0C7

triadic

#BDA0CD #CDBDA0 #A0CDBD

tetradic

#BDA0CD #CDA7A0 #B0CDA0 #A0C7CD

square

#BDA0CD #CDA7A0 #B0CDA0 #A0C7CD

split-complementary

#BDA0CD #C7CDA0 #A0CDA7

monochromatic

#84549F #A178B8 #BDA0CD #D9C8E2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA0CD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA0CD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.071 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcdc',
    500: '#bda0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda0cd;
$custom-light: #d1bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74638,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA0CD

secondary

#E3EADF

accent

#AA3C63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA0CD

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

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