#BDA5DC#BDA5DC

#BDA5DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.081 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5DC
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 19.30, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 31.26, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0461 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.081 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3572, 42.8965, 73.4813)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5DC #C4DCA5

analogous

#A5A8DC #BDA5DC #D8A5DC

triadic

#BDA5DC #DCBDA5 #A5DCBD

tetradic

#BDA5DC #DCA5A8 #C4DCA5 #A5DCD8

square

#BDA5DC #DCA5A8 #C4DCA5 #A5DCD8

split-complementary

#BDA5DC #DCD8A5 #A8DCA5

monochromatic

#7C4DBA #9D79CB #BDA5DC #DDD1ED #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BDA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5DC

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5DC	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.081 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfe7',
    500: '#bda5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5dc;
$custom-light: #d1bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76164,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5DC

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B72E7B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5DC

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

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