#BDA4CB#BDA4CB

#BDA4CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA4CB
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 16.32, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 23.22, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0422 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.061 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0395, 41.6820, 62.1611)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA4CB #B2CBA4

analogous

#AAA4CB #BDA4CB #CBA4C6

triadic

#BDA4CB #CBBDA4 #A4CBBD

tetradic

#BDA4CB #CBAAA4 #B2CBA4 #A4C6CB

square

#BDA4CB #CBAAA4 #B2CBA4 #A4C6CB

split-complementary

#BDA4CB #C6CBA4 #A4CBAA

monochromatic

#84599C #A17DB5 #BDA4CB #D9CBE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BDA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA4CB

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA4CB	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfda',
    500: '#bda4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda4cb;
$custom-light: #d1bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.06141,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA4CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A64064

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA4CB

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

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