#BD99CD#BD99CD

#BD99CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.083 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD99CD
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 22.82, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 31.42, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0593 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.083 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3952, 38.0097, 62.7963)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD99CD #A9CD99

analogous

#A399CD #BD99CD #CD99C3

triadic

#BD99CD #CDBD99 #99CDBD

tetradic

#BD99CD #CDA399 #A9CD99 #99C3CD

square

#BD99CD #CDA399 #A9CD99 #99C3CD

split-complementary

#BD99CD #C3CD99 #99CDA3

monochromatic

#854D9E #A270B9 #BD99CD #D8C2E1 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BD99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BD99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD99CD

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD99CD	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.083 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7dc',
    500: '#bd99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd99cd;
$custom-light: #d1b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD99CD

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AD385C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD99CD

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

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