#BD9BCB#BD9BCB

#BD9BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.077 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BCB
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(283, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 21.30, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 29.13, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0557 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.077 316)
XYZ	xyz(43.4855, 38.5740, 61.6430)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BCB #A9CB9B

analogous

#A59BCB #BD9BCB #CB9BC1

triadic

#BD9BCB #CBBD9B #9BCBBD

tetradic

#BD9BCB #CBA59B #A9CB9B #9BC1CB

square

#BD9BCB #CBA59B #A9CB9B #9BC1CB

split-complementary

#BD9BCB #C1CB9B #9BCBA5

monochromatic

#85519B #A273B6 #BD9BCB #D8C3E0 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BD9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BD9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BCB

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BCB	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.077 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8db',
    500: '#bd9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bcb;
$custom-light: #d1b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73622,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.38573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BCB

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AA3B5C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BCB

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

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