#BDAEC9#BDAEC9

#BDAEC9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.041 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEC9
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(273, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 10.41, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 15.70, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0266 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.041 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6631, 45.3082, 61.5341)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEC9 #BAC9AE

analogous

#AFAEC9 #BDAEC9 #C9AEC7

triadic

#BDAEC9 #C9BDAE #AEC9BD

tetradic

#BDAEC9 #C9AFAE #BAC9AE #AEC7C9

square

#BDAEC9 #C9AFAE #BAC9AE #AEC7C9

split-complementary

#BDAEC9 #C7C9AE #AEC9AF

monochromatic

#816598 #9F89B1 #BDAEC9 #DBD3E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BDAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEC9

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEC9	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.041 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6d9',
    500: '#bdaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaec9;
$custom-light: #d1c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.772,
    "c": 0.04127,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEC9

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E476E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEC9

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

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