#BDACE3#BDACE3

#BDACE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.079 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDACE3
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 16.94, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 30.53, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0381 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.079 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6010, 45.8697, 78.8988)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDACE3 #D2E3AC

analogous

#ACB6E3 #BDACE3 #D8ACE3

triadic

#BDACE3 #E3BDAC #ACE3BD

tetradic

#BDACE3 #E3ACB6 #D2E3AC #ACE3D8

square

#BDACE3 #E3ACB6 #D2E3AC #ACE3D8

split-complementary

#BDACE3 #E3D8AC #B6E3AC

monochromatic

#7450C4 #997ED4 #BDACE3 #E1DAF2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BDACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDACE3

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDACE3	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.079 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ec',
    500: '#bdace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdace3;
$custom-light: #d1c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77771,
    "c": 0.07923,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDACE3

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BD298F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDACE3

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

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