#BDA4CC#BDA4CC

#BDA4CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.063 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA4CC
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 16.52, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 23.71, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0425 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.063 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1590, 41.7298, 62.7907)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA4CC #B3CCA4

analogous

#A9A4CC #BDA4CC #CCA4C7

triadic

#BDA4CC #CCBDA4 #A4CCBD

tetradic

#BDA4CC #CCA9A4 #B3CCA4 #A4C7CC

square

#BDA4CC #CCA9A4 #B3CCA4 #A4C7CC

split-complementary

#BDA4CC #C7CCA4 #A4CCA9

monochromatic

#83589D #A17DB6 #BDA4CC #D9CBE2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BDA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BDA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA4CC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA4CC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.063 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfdb',
    500: '#bda4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda4cc;
$custom-light: #d1bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 28.169,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75363,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA4CC

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A73F66

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA4CC

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

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