#BD9ADE#BD9ADE

#BD9ADE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9ADE
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 25.83, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 39.33, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0626 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.103 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7242, 39.2043, 74.2515)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9ADE #BBDE9A

analogous

#9B9ADE #BD9ADE #DE9ADD

triadic

#BD9ADE #DEBD9A #9ADEBD

tetradic

#BD9ADE #DE9B9A #BBDE9A #9ADDDE

square

#BD9ADE #DE9B9A #BBDE9A #9ADDDE

split-complementary

#BD9ADE #DDDE9A #9ADE9B

monochromatic

#813EBF #9F6CCF #BD9ADE #DBC8ED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BD9ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BD9ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9ADE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9ADE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e8',
    500: '#bd9ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ade;
$custom-light: #d1b8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.882,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9ADE

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE2771

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9ADE

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

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