#BDA0CE#BDA0CE

#BDA0CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.072 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA0CE
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 19.14, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 27.33, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0492 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.072 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6958, 40.4171, 63.8272)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA0CE #B1CEA0

analogous

#A6A0CE #BDA0CE #CEA0C8

triadic

#BDA0CE #CEBDA0 #A0CEBD

tetradic

#BDA0CE #CEA6A0 #B1CEA0 #A0C8CE

square

#BDA0CE #CEA6A0 #B1CEA0 #A0C8CE

split-complementary

#BDA0CE #C8CEA0 #A0CEA6

monochromatic

#8453A1 #A178B9 #BDA0CE #D9C8E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDA0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDA0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA0CE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA0CE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.072 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcdd',
    500: '#bda0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda0ce;
$custom-light: #d1bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 31.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA0CE

secondary

#E3EBDF

accent

#AB3B64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA0CE

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

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