#BD9AE9#BD9AE9

#BD9AE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9AE9
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 233)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 28.25, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 45.00, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0654 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.117 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2469, 39.8133, 82.2707)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9AE9 #C6E99A

analogous

#9A9EE9 #BD9AE9 #E49AE9

triadic

#BD9AE9 #E9BD9A #9AE9BD

tetradic

#BD9AE9 #E99A9E #C6E99A #9AE9E4

square

#BD9AE9 #E99A9E #C6E99A #9AE9E4

split-complementary

#BD9AE9 #E9E49A #9EE99A

monochromatic

#7B35D3 #9C68DE #BD9AE9 #DECCF4 #EFE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BD9AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BD9AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9AE9

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9AE9	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f0',
    500: '#bd9ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ae9;
$custom-light: #d2b8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.582,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9AE9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC197D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9AE9

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

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