#BDA8EC#BDA8EC

#BDA8EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.098 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA8EC
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 21.15, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 37.77, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0463 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.098 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1259, 44.8800, 85.3625)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA8EC #D7ECA8

analogous

#A8B5EC #BDA8EC #DFA8EC

triadic

#BDA8EC #ECBDA8 #A8ECBD

tetradic

#BDA8EC #ECA8B5 #D7ECA8 #A8ECDF

square

#BDA8EC #ECA8B5 #D7ECA8 #A8ECDF

split-complementary

#BDA8EC #ECDFA8 #B5ECA8

monochromatic

#7144D6 #9776E1 #BDA8EC #E3DAF7 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BDA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BDA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA8EC

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA8EC	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.098 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f2',
    500: '#bda8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda8ec;
$custom-light: #d1c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77382,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA8EC

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CC1A95

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA8EC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →