#BDA8DD#BDA8DD

#BDA8DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.078 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8DD
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 17.85, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 29.88, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.042 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.078 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0375, 44.0446, 74.3633)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8DD #C8DDA8

analogous

#A8AEDD #BDA8DD #D8A8DD

triadic

#BDA8DD #DDBDA8 #A8DDBD

tetradic

#BDA8DD #DDA8AE #C8DDA8 #A8DDD8

square

#BDA8DD #DDA8AE #C8DDA8 #A8DDD8

split-complementary

#BDA8DD #DDD8A8 #AEDDA8

monochromatic

#7A50BB #9C7CCC #BDA8DD #DED4EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDA8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BDA8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8DD

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8DD	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.078 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e7',
    500: '#bda8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8dd;
$custom-light: #d1c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.07775,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8DD

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B72F81

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8DD

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

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