#BDA6CE#BDA6CE

#BDA6CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.062 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA6CE
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 15.82, -17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 23.42, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0402 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.062 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7612, 42.5478, 64.1824)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA6CE #B7CEA6

analogous

#A9A6CE #BDA6CE #CEA6CB

triadic

#BDA6CE #CEBDA6 #A6CEBD

tetradic

#BDA6CE #CEA9A6 #B7CEA6 #A6CBCE

square

#BDA6CE #CEA9A6 #B7CEA6 #A6CBCE

split-complementary

#BDA6CE #CBCEA6 #A6CEA9

monochromatic

#8259A1 #A07FB8 #BDA6CE #DACDE4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDA6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BDA6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA6CE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA6CE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.062 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0dd',
    500: '#bda6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda6ce;
$custom-light: #d1c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 28.986,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7582,
    "c": 0.06163,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA6CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83E6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA6CE

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

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