#BDA8CF#BDA8CF

#BDA8CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.059 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8CF
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(272, 29%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 14.92, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 22.63, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0376 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.059 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2494, 43.3294, 64.9463)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8CF #BACFA8

analogous

#A9A8CF #BDA8CF #CFA8CD

triadic

#BDA8CF #CFBDA8 #A8CFBD

tetradic

#BDA8CF #CFA9A8 #BACFA8 #A8CDCF

square

#BDA8CF #CFA9A8 #BACFA8 #A8CDCF

split-complementary

#BDA8CF #CDCFA8 #A8CFA9

monochromatic

#815AA3 #9F81B9 #BDA8CF #DBCFE5 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BDA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8CF

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8CF	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.059 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2dd',
    500: '#bda8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8cf;
$custom-light: #d1c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76242,
    "c": 0.05941,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83E6F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8CF

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

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