#BDA9DC#BDA9DC

#BDA9DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.075 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9DC
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(264, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 17.09, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 28.72, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0403 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.075 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0899, 44.3621, 73.7255)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9DC #C8DCA9

analogous

#A9AFDC #BDA9DC #D7A9DC

triadic

#BDA9DC #DCBDA9 #A9DCBD

tetradic

#BDA9DC #DCA9AF #C8DCA9 #A9DCD7

square

#BDA9DC #DCA9AF #C8DCA9 #A9DCD7

split-complementary

#BDA9DC #DCD7A9 #AFDCA9

monochromatic

#7A52B9 #9C7ECA #BDA9DC #DED4EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BDA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BDA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9DC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9DC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.075 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e7',
    500: '#bda9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9dc;
$custom-light: #d1c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.07475,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9DC

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B53081

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9DC

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

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