#BDA8DA#BDA8DA

#BDA8DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.074 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8DA
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 17.21, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 28.31, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.0411 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.074 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6413, 43.8861, 72.2771)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8DA #C5DAA8

analogous

#A8ACDA #BDA8DA #D6A8DA

triadic

#BDA8DA #DABDA8 #A8DABD

tetradic

#BDA8DA #DAA8AC #C5DAA8 #A8DAD6

square

#BDA8DA #DAA8AC #C5DAA8 #A8DAD6

split-complementary

#BDA8DA #DAD6A8 #ACDAA8

monochromatic

#7C52B5 #9C7DC8 #BDA8DA #DED3EC #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDA8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDA8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8DA

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8DA	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.074 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e5',
    500: '#bda8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8da;
$custom-light: #d1c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76655,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8DA

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B3327D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8DA

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

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