#BDAFC8#BDAFC8

#BDAFC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.038 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFC8
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(274, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, 9.67, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 14.54, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% 0.0248 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.038 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7398, 45.6491, 60.9812)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFC8 #BAC8AF

analogous

#B0AFC8 #BDAFC8 #C8AFC6

triadic

#BDAFC8 #C8BDAF #AFC8BD

tetradic

#BDAFC8 #C8B0AF #BAC8AF #AFC6C8

square

#BDAFC8 #C8B0AF #BAC8AF #AFC6C8

split-complementary

#BDAFC8 #C6C8AF #AFC8B0

monochromatic

#816796 #9F8BAF #BDAFC8 #DBD3E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDAFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BDAFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFC8

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFC8	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.038 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6d8',
    500: '#bdafc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdafc8;
$custom-light: #d1c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77364,
    "c": 0.03826,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D496E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFC8

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

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