#BDACE5#BDACE5

#BDACE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.082 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDACE5
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 17.38, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 31.59, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% 0.0387 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.082 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8786, 45.9808, 80.3610)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDACE5 #D4E5AC

analogous

#ACB7E5 #BDACE5 #D9ACE5

triadic

#BDACE5 #E5BDAC #ACE5BD

tetradic

#BDACE5 #E5ACB7 #D4E5AC #ACE5D9

square

#BDACE5 #E5ACB7 #D4E5AC #ACE5D9

split-complementary

#BDACE5 #E5D9AC #B7E5AC

monochromatic

#734FC8 #987DD6 #BDACE5 #E2DBF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BDACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDACE5

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDACE5	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.082 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ed',
    500: '#bdace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdace5;
$custom-light: #d1c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.895,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77851,
    "c": 0.08194,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDACE5

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C02692

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDACE5

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

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