#BDAEC5#BDAEC5

#BDAEC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.036 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEC5
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(279, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, 9.63, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 13.69, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0252 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.036 314)
XYZ	xyz(46.1987, 45.1224, 59.0882)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEC5 #B6C5AE

analogous

#B1AEC5 #BDAEC5 #C5AEC2

triadic

#BDAEC5 #C5BDAE #AEC5BD

tetradic

#BDAEC5 #C5B1AE #B6C5AE #AEC2C5

square

#BDAEC5 #C5B1AE #B6C5AE #AEC2C5

split-complementary

#BDAEC5 #C2C5AE #AEC5B1

monochromatic

#836891 #A08AAB #BDAEC5 #DAD2DF #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BDAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEC5

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEC5	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.036 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6d6',
    500: '#bdaec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaec5;
$custom-light: #d1c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77065,
    "c": 0.03624,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.45122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEC5

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9B4B67

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEC5

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

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