#BDA8DC#BDA8DC

#BDA8DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.076 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8DC
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 17.64, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 29.36, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0417 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.076 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9046, 43.9914, 73.6637)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8DC #C7DCA8

analogous

#A8ADDC #BDA8DC #D7A8DC

triadic

#BDA8DC #DCBDA8 #A8DCBD

tetradic

#BDA8DC #DCA8AD #C7DCA8 #A8DCD7

square

#BDA8DC #DCA8AD #C7DCA8 #A8DCD7

split-complementary

#BDA8DC #DCD7A8 #ADDCA8

monochromatic

#7B51B9 #9C7CCA #BDA8DC #DED4EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8DC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8DC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.076 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e7',
    500: '#bda8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8dc;
$custom-light: #d1c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76733,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8DC

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B63080

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8DC

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

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