#BDA8CD#BDA8CD

#BDA8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.057 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8CD
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 14.51, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 21.61, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0369 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.057 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0065, 43.2322, 63.6667)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8CD #B8CDA8

analogous

#AAA8CD #BDA8CD #CDA8CA

triadic

#BDA8CD #CDBDA8 #A8CDBD

tetradic

#BDA8CD #CDAAA8 #B8CDA8 #A8CACD

square

#BDA8CD #CDAAA8 #B8CDA8 #A8CACD

split-complementary

#BDA8CD #CACDA8 #A8CDAA

monochromatic

#825B9F #A081B7 #BDA8CD #DACFE3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BDA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BDA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8CD

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8CD	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.057 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1dc',
    500: '#bda8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8cd;
$custom-light: #d1c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.05686,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8CD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A6406C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8CD

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

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