#BDA9EC#BDA9EC

#BDA9EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.096 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9EC
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 236)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 20.60, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 37.15, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0449 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.096 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3112, 45.2506, 85.4243)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9EC #D8ECA9

analogous

#A9B7EC #BDA9EC #DFA9EC

triadic

#BDA9EC #ECBDA9 #A9ECBD

tetradic

#BDA9EC #ECA9B7 #D8ECA9 #A9ECDF

square

#BDA9EC #ECA9B7 #D8ECA9 #A9ECDF

split-complementary

#BDA9EC #ECDFA9 #B7ECA9

monochromatic

#7045D6 #9777E1 #BDA9EC #E3DBF7 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDA9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDA9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9EC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9EC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.096 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f2',
    500: '#bda9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9ec;
$custom-light: #d1c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77569,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9EC

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CC1A97

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9EC

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

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