#BDBACA#BDBACA

#BDBACA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.023 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBACA
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 13%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 8%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 4.09, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 8.70, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0094 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.023 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2038, 50.2008, 62.9632)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBACA #C7CABA

analogous

#BABFCA #BDBACA #C5BACA

triadic

#BDBACA #CABDBA #BACABD

tetradic

#BDBACA #CABABF #C7CABA #BACAC5

square

#BDBACA #CABABF #C7CABA #BACAC5

split-complementary

#BDBACA #CAC5BA #BFCABA

monochromatic

#7B7595 #9C97AF #BDBACA #DEDDE5 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BDBACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBACA

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBACA	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.023 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceda',
    500: '#bdbaca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaca;
$custom-light: #d0ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 13.115,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.02257,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBACA

secondary

#9A9E8A

accent

#974E8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141314

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBACA

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

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