#BDAEC8#BDAEC8

#BDAEC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.040 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEC8
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 10.22, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 15.19, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0263 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.04 311)
XYZ	xyz(46.5459, 45.2613, 60.9166)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEC8 #B9C8AE

analogous

#B0AEC8 #BDAEC8 #C8AEC6

triadic

#BDAEC8 #C8BDAE #AEC8BD

tetradic

#BDAEC8 #C8B0AE #B9C8AE #AEC6C8

square

#BDAEC8 #C8B0AE #B9C8AE #AEC6C8

split-complementary

#BDAEC8 #C6C8AE #AEC8B0

monochromatic

#816696 #9F8AAF #BDAEC8 #DBD2E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEC8

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEC8	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.040 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6d8',
    500: '#bdaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaec8;
$custom-light: #d1c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77166,
    "c": 0.04,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.45261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D486C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEC8

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

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