#BDA5CC#BDA5CC

#BDA5CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.061 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5CC
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(277, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 15.96, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 23.06, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.041 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.061 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3387, 42.0891, 62.8506)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5CC #B4CCA5

analogous

#A9A5CC #BDA5CC #CCA5C8

triadic

#BDA5CC #CCBDA5 #A5CCBD

tetradic

#BDA5CC #CCA9A5 #B4CCA5 #A5C8CC

square

#BDA5CC #CCA9A5 #B4CCA5 #A5C8CC

split-complementary

#BDA5CC #C8CCA5 #A5CCA9

monochromatic

#83599D #A07EB6 #BDA5CC #DACCE2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BDA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5CC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5CC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.061 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfdb',
    500: '#bda5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5cc;
$custom-light: #d1bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5CC

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A63F67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5CC

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

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