#BD9AE0#BD9AE0

#BD9AE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.105 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9AE0
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 224)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 26.27, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 40.36, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0632 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.105 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9939, 39.3121, 75.6715)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9AE0 #BDE09A

analogous

#9A9AE0 #BD9AE0 #E09AE0

triadic

#BD9AE0 #E0BD9A #9AE0BD

tetradic

#BD9AE0 #E09A9A #BDE09A #9AE0E0

square

#BD9AE0 #E09A9A #BDE09A #9AE0E0

split-complementary

#BD9AE0 #E0E09A #9AE09A

monochromatic

#803CC3 #9E6BD2 #BD9AE0 #DCC9EE #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BD9AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BD9AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9AE0

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9AE0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.105 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ea',
    500: '#bd9ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ae0;
$custom-light: #d1b8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 53.03,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74288,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9AE0

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C02573

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9AE0

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

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