#BDA9CD#BDA9CD

#BDA9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.055 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9CD
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 13.96, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 20.96, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.0354 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.055 310)
XYZ	xyz(46.1918, 43.6028, 63.7285)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9CD #B9CDA9

analogous

#ABA9CD #BDA9CD #CDA9CB

triadic

#BDA9CD #CDBDA9 #A9CDBD

tetradic

#BDA9CD #CDABA9 #B9CDA9 #A9CBCD

square

#BDA9CD #CDABA9 #B9CDA9 #A9CBCD

split-complementary

#BDA9CD #CBCDA9 #A9CDAB

monochromatic

#815C9F #9F82B6 #BDA9CD #DBD0E3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BDA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BDA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9CD

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9CD	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.055 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2dc',
    500: '#bda9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9cd;
$custom-light: #d1c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.05511,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9CD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A5406D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9CD

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

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