#BDA5CF#BDA5CF

#BDA5CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.065 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5CF
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(274, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 16.57, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 24.57, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.042 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.065 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7020, 42.2344, 64.7638)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5CF #B7CFA5

analogous

#A8A5CF #BDA5CF #CFA5CC

triadic

#BDA5CF #CFBDA5 #A5CFBD

tetradic

#BDA5CF #CFA8A5 #B7CFA5 #A5CCCF

square

#BDA5CF #CFA8A5 #B7CFA5 #A5CCCF

split-complementary

#BDA5CF #CCCFA5 #A5CFA8

monochromatic

#8257A3 #A07DBA #BDA5CF #DACDE4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDA5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BDA5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5CF

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5CF	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.065 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfdd',
    500: '#bda5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5cf;
$custom-light: #d1bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75665,
    "c": 0.06465,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A93C6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5CF

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

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