#BDA4CE#BDA4CE

#BDA4CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.065 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA4CE
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(276, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 16.92, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 24.72, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0432 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.065 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4004, 41.8264, 64.0621)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA4CE #B5CEA4

analogous

#A8A4CE #BDA4CE #CEA4CA

triadic

#BDA4CE #CEBDA4 #A4CEBD

tetradic

#BDA4CE #CEA8A4 #B5CEA4 #A4CACE

square

#BDA4CE #CEA8A4 #B5CEA4 #A4CACE

split-complementary

#BDA4CE #CACEA4 #A4CEA8

monochromatic

#8357A1 #A07CB9 #BDA4CE #DACCE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BDA4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BDA4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA4CE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA4CE	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.065 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfdd',
    500: '#bda4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda4ce;
$custom-light: #d1bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75436,
    "c": 0.06515,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA4CE

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A93D68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA4CE

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

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