#BDA9DD#BDA9DD

#BDA9DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.076 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9DD
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 17.30, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 29.25, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0406 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.076 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2228, 44.4152, 74.4251)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9DD #C9DDA9

analogous

#A9AFDD #BDA9DD #D7A9DD

triadic

#BDA9DD #DDBDA9 #A9DDBD

tetradic

#BDA9DD #DDA9AF #C9DDA9 #A9DDD7

square

#BDA9DD #DDA9AF #C9DDA9 #A9DDD7

split-complementary

#BDA9DD #DDD7A9 #AFDDA9

monochromatic

#7A51BA #9B7DCC #BDA9DD #DFD5EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BDA9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BDA9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9DD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9DD	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.076 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2e7',
    500: '#bda9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9dd;
$custom-light: #d1c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76962,
    "c": 0.07608,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9DD

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B62F82

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9DD

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

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