#BDAFCB#BDAFCB

#BDAFCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.042 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAFCB
RGB	rgb(189, 175, 203)
HSL	hsl(270, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 10.26, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 16.07, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0259 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.042 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0938, 45.7907, 62.8458)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAFCB #BDCBAF

analogous

#AFAFCB #BDAFCB #CBAFCB

triadic

#BDAFCB #CBBDAF #AFCBBD

tetradic

#BDAFCB #CBAFAF #BDCBAF #AFCBCB

square

#BDAFCB #CBAFAF #BDCBAF #AFCBCB

split-complementary

#BDAFCB #CBCBAF #AFCBAF

monochromatic

#80659B #9E8AB3 #BDAFCB #DCD4E3 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDAFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BDAFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAFCB

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAFCB	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdafcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 175, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.042 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6da',
    500: '#bdafcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdafcb;
$custom-light: #d1c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdafcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77466,
    "c": 0.04212,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAFCB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A04673

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAFCB

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

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