#BDA8CC#BDA8CC

#BDA8CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.056 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8CC
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(275, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 14.31, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 21.11, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0366 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.056 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8861, 43.1840, 63.0331)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8CC #B7CCA8

analogous

#ABA8CC #BDA8CC #CCA8C9

triadic

#BDA8CC #CCBDA8 #A8CCBD

tetradic

#BDA8CC #CCABA8 #B7CCA8 #A8C9CC

square

#BDA8CC #CCABA8 #B7CCA8 #A8C9CC

split-complementary

#BDA8CC #C9CCA8 #A8CCAB

monochromatic

#825C9D #A081B5 #BDA8CC #DACFE3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BDA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8CC

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8CC	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.056 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1db',
    500: '#bda8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8cc;
$custom-light: #d1c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76133,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8CC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A5416A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8CC

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

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