#BD9BC2#BD9BC2

#BD9BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.067 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BC2
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(292, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 19.52, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 24.82, 321.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0528 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.067 322)
XYZ	xyz(42.4439, 38.1573, 56.1577)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BC2 #A0C29B

analogous

#A99BC2 #BD9BC2 #C29BB3

triadic

#BD9BC2 #C2BD9B #9BC2BD

tetradic

#BD9BC2 #C2A99B #A0C29B #9BB3C2

square

#BD9BC2 #C2A99B #A0C29B #9BB3C2

split-complementary

#BD9BC2 #B3C29B #9BC2A9

monochromatic

#86568D #A475AB #BD9BC2 #D6C1D9 #EFE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BD9BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BD9BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BC2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BC2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.067 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8d4',
    500: '#bd9bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bc2;
$custom-light: #d1b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.308,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.06703,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.38157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BC2

secondary

#D8E2D7

accent

#A3434F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BC2

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

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