#BDA9DA#BDA9DA

#BDA9DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.072 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9DA
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 16.66, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 27.68, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0396 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.072 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8267, 44.2568, 72.3389)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9DA #C6DAA9

analogous

#A9ADDA #BDA9DA #D5A9DA

triadic

#BDA9DA #DABDA9 #A9DABD

tetradic

#BDA9DA #DAA9AD #C6DAA9 #A9DAD5

square

#BDA9DA #DAA9AD #C6DAA9 #A9DAD5

split-complementary

#BDA9DA #DAD5A9 #ADDAA9

monochromatic

#7B53B5 #9C7EC8 #BDA9DA #DED4EC #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDA9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BDA9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9DA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9DA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.072 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e5',
    500: '#bda9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9da;
$custom-light: #d1c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76846,
    "c": 0.07209,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9DA

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B3337F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9DA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →