#BD9BCD#BD9BCD

#BD9BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.080 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BCD
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 21.71, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 30.11, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0563 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.08 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7253, 38.6699, 62.9064)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BCD #ABCD9B

analogous

#A49BCD #BD9BCD #CD9BC4

triadic

#BD9BCD #CDBD9B #9BCDBD

tetradic

#BD9BCD #CDA49B #ABCD9B #9BC4CD

square

#BD9BCD #CDA49B #ABCD9B #9BC4CD

split-complementary

#BD9BCD #C4CD9B #9BCDA4

monochromatic

#854F9E #A272B9 #BD9BCD #D8C4E1 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BD9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BD9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BCD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BCD	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.080 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8dc',
    500: '#bd9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bcd;
$custom-light: #d1b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BCD

secondary

#DFE9DB

accent

#AC395E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BCD

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

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