#BDA9CA#BDA9CA

#BDA9CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.051 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9CA
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(276, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 13.36, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 19.45, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0344 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.051 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8331, 43.4594, 61.8396)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9CA #B6CAA9

analogous

#ACA9CA #BDA9CA #CAA9C6

triadic

#BDA9CA #CABDA9 #A9CABD

tetradic

#BDA9CA #CAACA9 #B6CAA9 #A9C6CA

square

#BDA9CA #CAACA9 #B6CAA9 #A9C6CA

split-complementary

#BDA9CA #C6CAA9 #A9CAAC

monochromatic

#835F9A #A083B3 #BDA9CA #DACFE1 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BDA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9CA

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9CA	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.051 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2da',
    500: '#bda9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9ca;
$custom-light: #d1c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.364,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76256,
    "c": 0.05131,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9CA

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A24369

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9CA

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

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