#BDA4EC#BDA4EC

#BDA4EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA4EC
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 23.37, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 40.26, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.052 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.104 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3988, 43.4257, 85.1201)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA4EC #D3ECA4

analogous

#A4AFEC #BDA4EC #E1A4EC

triadic

#BDA4EC #ECBDA4 #A4ECBD

tetradic

#BDA4EC #ECA4AF #D3ECA4 #A4ECE1

square

#BDA4EC #ECA4AF #D3ECA4 #A4ECE1

split-complementary

#BDA4EC #ECE1A4 #AFECA4

monochromatic

#743FD7 #9871E1 #BDA4EC #E2D7F7 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDA4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BDA4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA4EC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA4EC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bff2',
    500: '#bda4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda4ec;
$custom-light: #d2bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA4EC

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CD188E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA4EC

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

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