#BDA8CB#BDA8CB

#BDA8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.054 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8CB
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(276, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, 14.11, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 20.60, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0362 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.054 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7666, 43.1362, 62.4034)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8CB #B6CBA8

analogous

#ABA8CB #BDA8CB #CBA8C7

triadic

#BDA8CB #CBBDA8 #A8CBBD

tetradic

#BDA8CB #CBABA8 #B6CBA8 #A8C7CB

square

#BDA8CB #CBABA8 #B6CBA8 #A8C7CB

split-complementary

#BDA8CB #C7CBA8 #A8CBAB

monochromatic

#835D9C #A082B4 #BDA8CB #DACEE2 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BDA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8CB

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8CB	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.054 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1da',
    500: '#bda8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8cb;
$custom-light: #d1c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76097,
    "c": 0.05433,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8CB

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A44269

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8CB

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

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