#BDA9CC#BDA9CC

#BDA9CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.054 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9CC
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 13.76, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 20.46, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0351 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.054 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0715, 43.5547, 63.0948)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9CC #B8CCA9

analogous

#ABA9CC #BDA9CC #CCA9C9

triadic

#BDA9CC #CCBDA9 #A9CCBD

tetradic

#BDA9CC #CCABA9 #B8CCA9 #A9C9CC

square

#BDA9CC #CCABA9 #B8CCA9 #A9C9CC

split-complementary

#BDA9CC #C9CCA9 #A9CCAB

monochromatic

#825D9D #A083B5 #BDA9CC #DACFE3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BDA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9CC

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9CC	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.054 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2db',
    500: '#bda9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9cc;
$custom-light: #d1c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76327,
    "c": 0.05384,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9CC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A4416C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9CC

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

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