#BDA6CB#BDA6CB

#BDA6CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.058 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA6CB
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 15.21, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 21.91, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0392 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.058 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4002, 42.4034, 62.2813)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA6CB #B4CBA6

analogous

#ABA6CB #BDA6CB #CBA6C7

triadic

#BDA6CB #CBBDA6 #A6CBBD

tetradic

#BDA6CB #CBABA6 #B4CBA6 #A6C7CB

square

#BDA6CB #CBABA6 #B4CBA6 #A6C7CB

split-complementary

#BDA6CB #C7CBA6 #A6CBAB

monochromatic

#835B9C #A07FB4 #BDA6CB #DACDE2 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDA6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BDA6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA6CB

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA6CB	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.058 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0da',
    500: '#bda6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda6cb;
$custom-light: #d1c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 26.241,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75711,
    "c": 0.05787,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA6CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A54167

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA6CB

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

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