#BDAACD#BDAACD

#BDAACD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.053 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAACD
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(273, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 13.41, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 20.32, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0339 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.053 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3785, 43.9763, 63.7908)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAACD #BACDAA

analogous

#ABAACD #BDAACD #CDAACB

triadic

#BDAACD #CDBDAA #AACDBD

tetradic

#BDAACD #CDABAA #BACDAA #AACBCD

square

#BDAACD #CDABAA #BACDAA #AACBCD

split-complementary

#BDAACD #CBCDAA #AACDAB

monochromatic

#815E9F #9F83B6 #BDAACD #DBD1E4 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDAACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BDAACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAACD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAACD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.053 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3dc',
    500: '#bdaacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaacd;
$custom-light: #d1c3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76557,
    "c": 0.05336,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAACD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A4416E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAACD

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

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