#BDACE8#BDACE8

#BDACE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.086 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDACE8
RGB	rgb(189, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, 18.05, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 33.18, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% 0.0395 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.086 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3011, 46.1498, 82.5860)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDACE8 #D7E8AC

analogous

#ACB9E8 #BDACE8 #DBACE8

triadic

#BDACE8 #E8BDAC #ACE8BD

tetradic

#BDACE8 #E8ACB9 #D7E8AC #ACE8DB

square

#BDACE8 #E8ACB9 #D7E8AC #ACE8DB

split-complementary

#BDACE8 #E8DBAC #B9E8AC

monochromatic

#714CCD #977CDB #BDACE8 #E3DCF5 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDACE8

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDACE8	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.086 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ef',
    500: '#bdace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdace8;
$custom-light: #d1c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77971,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDACE8

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C42196

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDACE8

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

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