#BD9ADA#BD9ADA

#BD9ADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.098 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9ADA
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 218)
HSL	hsl(273, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 24.98, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 37.29, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0616 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.098 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1945, 38.9924, 71.4615)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9ADA #B7DA9A

analogous

#9D9ADA #BD9ADA #DA9AD7

triadic

#BD9ADA #DABD9A #9ADABD

tetradic

#BD9ADA #DA9D9A #B7DA9A #9AD7DA

square

#BD9ADA #DA9D9A #B7DA9A #9AD7DA

split-complementary

#BD9ADA #D7DA9A #9ADA9D

monochromatic

#8243B7 #A06DCA #BD9ADA #DAC7EA #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BD9ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BD9ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9ADA

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9ADA	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.098 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e5',
    500: '#bd9ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ada;
$custom-light: #d1b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.813,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9ADA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2C6C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9ADA

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

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