#BDA8D9#BDA8D9

#BDA8D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.072 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8D9
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 39%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 17.00, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 27.79, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0408 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.072 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5109, 43.8339, 71.5900)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8D9 #C4D9A8

analogous

#A8ABD9 #BDA8D9 #D5A8D9

triadic

#BDA8D9 #D9BDA8 #A8D9BD

tetradic

#BDA8D9 #D9A8AB #C4D9A8 #A8D9D5

square

#BDA8D9 #D9A8AB #C4D9A8 #A8D9D5

split-complementary

#BDA8D9 #D9D5A8 #ABD9A8

monochromatic

#7C53B4 #9D7DC6 #BDA8D9 #DDD3EC #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BDA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8D9

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8D9	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.072 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e4',
    500: '#bda8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8d9;
$custom-light: #d1c2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76616,
    "c": 0.07245,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8D9

secondary

#E6ECDF

accent

#B2337C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8D9

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

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