#BDA3C8#BDA3C8

#BDA3C8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.060 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA3C8
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 16.27, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 22.39, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0427 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.06 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5072, 41.1838, 60.2370)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA3C8 #AEC8A3

analogous

#AAA3C8 #BDA3C8 #C8A3C0

triadic

#BDA3C8 #C8BDA3 #A3C8BD

tetradic

#BDA3C8 #C8AAA3 #AEC8A3 #A3C0C8

square

#BDA3C8 #C8AAA3 #AEC8A3 #A3C0C8

split-complementary

#BDA3C8 #C0C8A3 #A3C8AA

monochromatic

#855A97 #A27DB1 #BDA3C8 #D8C9DF #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BDA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BDA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA3C8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA3C8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.060 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bed8',
    500: '#bda3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda3c8;
$custom-light: #d1bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 25.17,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75025,
    "c": 0.05953,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA3C8

secondary

#E1E8DF

accent

#A4425F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA3C8

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

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