#BDA9EE#BDA9EE

#BDA9EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.099 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA9EE
RGB	rgb(189, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, 21.05, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 38.21, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% 0.0455 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.099 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6034, 45.3675, 86.9632)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA9EE #DAEEA9

analogous

#A9B8EE #BDA9EE #DFA9EE

triadic

#BDA9EE #EEBDA9 #A9EEBD

tetradic

#BDA9EE #EEA9B8 #DAEEA9 #A9EEDF

square

#BDA9EE #EEA9B8 #DAEEA9 #A9EEDF

split-complementary

#BDA9EE #EEDFA9 #B8EEA9

monochromatic

#6F43DA #9676E4 #BDA9EE #E4DCF8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDA9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BDA9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA9EE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA9EE	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.099 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f3',
    500: '#bda9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda9ee;
$custom-light: #d1c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.391,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77654,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA9EE

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CF1799

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA9EE

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

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