#BDA5DD#BDA5DD

#BDA5DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.083 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA5DD
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 19.51, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 31.78, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0464 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.083 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4900, 42.9496, 74.1808)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA5DD #C5DDA5

analogous

#A5A9DD #BDA5DD #D9A5DD

triadic

#BDA5DD #DDBDA5 #A5DDBD

tetradic

#BDA5DD #DDA5A9 #C5DDA5 #A5DDD9

square

#BDA5DD #DDA5A9 #C5DDA5 #A5DDD9

split-complementary

#BDA5DD #DDD9A5 #A9DDA5

monochromatic

#7C4CBB #9C79CC #BDA5DD #DED1EE #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BDA5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BDA5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA5DD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA5DD	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.083 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfe7',
    500: '#bda5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda5dd;
$custom-light: #d1bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76203,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA5DD

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B82D7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA5DD

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

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