#BDA5CB#BDA5CB

#BDA5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.060 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5CB
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 15.76, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 22.56, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0407 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.06 313)
XYZ	xyz(45.2191, 42.0413, 62.2209)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5CB #B3CBA5

analogous

#AAA5CB #BDA5CB #CBA5C6

triadic

#BDA5CB #CBBDA5 #A5CBBD

tetradic

#BDA5CB #CBAAA5 #B3CBA5 #A5C6CB

square

#BDA5CB #CBAAA5 #B3CBA5 #A5C6CB

split-complementary

#BDA5CB #C6CBA5 #A5CBAA

monochromatic

#835A9C #A17EB5 #BDA5CB #D9CCE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BDA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5CB

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5CB	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.060 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfda',
    500: '#bda5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5cb;
$custom-light: #d1bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75518,
    "c": 0.05964,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.42041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A54065

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5CB

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

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