#BDA8DB#BDA8DB

#BDA8DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.075 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8DB
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 17.42, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 28.83, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0414 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.075 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7726, 43.9386, 72.9683)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8DB #C6DBA8

analogous

#A8ACDB #BDA8DB #D6A8DB

triadic

#BDA8DB #DBBDA8 #A8DBBD

tetradic

#BDA8DB #DBA8AC #C6DBA8 #A8DBD6

square

#BDA8DB #DBA8AC #C6DBA8 #A8DBD6

split-complementary

#BDA8DB #DBD6A8 #ACDBA8

monochromatic

#7B51B7 #9C7DC9 #BDA8DB #DED3ED #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDA8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BDA8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8DB

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8DB	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.075 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e6',
    500: '#bda8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8db;
$custom-light: #d1c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.07509,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8DB

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B5317E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8DB

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

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