#BDA5CE#BDA5CE

#BDA5CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.063 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5CE
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 16.37, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 24.07, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0417 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.063 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5801, 42.1857, 64.1220)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5CE #B6CEA5

analogous

#A8A5CE #BDA5CE #CEA5CA

triadic

#BDA5CE #CEBDA5 #A5CEBD

tetradic

#BDA5CE #CEA8A5 #B6CEA5 #A5CACE

square

#BDA5CE #CEA8A5 #B6CEA5 #A5CACE

split-complementary

#BDA5CE #CACEA5 #A5CEA8

monochromatic

#8358A1 #A07DB8 #BDA5CE #DACDE4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BDA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5CE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5CE	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.063 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfdd',
    500: '#bda5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5ce;
$custom-light: #d1bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75628,
    "c": 0.06339,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83D6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5CE

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

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