#BDA8CA#BDA8CA

#BDA8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.053 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8CA
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(277, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(277, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 13.91, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 20.10, 313.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0359 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.053 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6478, 43.0887, 61.7778)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8CA #B5CAA8

analogous

#ACA8CA #BDA8CA #CAA8C6

triadic

#BDA8CA #CABDA8 #A8CABD

tetradic

#BDA8CA #CAACA8 #B5CAA8 #A8C6CA

square

#BDA8CA #CAACA8 #B5CAA8 #A8C6CA

split-complementary

#BDA8CA #C6CAA8 #A8CAAC

monochromatic

#835E9A #A082B3 #BDA8CA #DACEE1 #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BDA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8CA

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8CA	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.053 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1da',
    500: '#bda8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8ca;
$custom-light: #d1c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76062,
    "c": 0.05307,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8CA

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A34367

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8CA

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

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