#BDA8EB#BDA8EB

#BDA8EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.096 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8EB
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 20.93, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 37.24, 304.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0461 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.096 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9810, 44.8220, 84.5995)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8EB #D6EBA8

analogous

#A8B5EB #BDA8EB #DFA8EB

triadic

#BDA8EB #EBBDA8 #A8EBBD

tetradic

#BDA8EB #EBA8B5 #D6EBA8 #A8EBDF

square

#BDA8EB #EBA8B5 #D6EBA8 #A8EBDF

split-complementary

#BDA8EB #EBDFA8 #B5EBA8

monochromatic

#7244D4 #9776E0 #BDA8EB #E3DAF6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BDA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8EB

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8EB	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.096 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f1',
    500: '#bda8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8eb;
$custom-light: #d1c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.806,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8EB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CA1B93

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8EB

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

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