#BDA5CD#BDA5CD

#BDA5CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.062 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5CD
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 16.17, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 23.56, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0414 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.062 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4590, 42.1372, 63.4843)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5CD #B5CDA5

analogous

#A9A5CD #BDA5CD #CDA5C9

triadic

#BDA5CD #CDBDA5 #A5CDBD

tetradic

#BDA5CD #CDA9A5 #B5CDA5 #A5C9CD

square

#BDA5CD #CDA9A5 #B5CDA5 #A5C9CD

split-complementary

#BDA5CD #C9CDA5 #A5CDA9

monochromatic

#83589F #A07EB7 #BDA5CD #DACCE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BDA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5CD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5CD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.062 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfdc',
    500: '#bda5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5cd;
$custom-light: #d1bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.06213,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5CD

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A73E68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5CD

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

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