#BD9BD2#BD9BD2

#BD9BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.086 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BD2
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 22.74, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 32.60, 314.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0578 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.086 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3385, 38.9152, 66.1359)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BD2 #B0D29B

analogous

#A29BD2 #BD9BD2 #D29BCC

triadic

#BD9BD2 #D2BD9B #9BD2BD

tetradic

#BD9BD2 #D2A29B #B0D29B #9BCCD2

square

#BD9BD2 #D2A29B #B0D29B #9BCCD2

split-complementary

#BD9BD2 #CCD29B #9BD2A2

monochromatic

#844BA7 #A171BF #BD9BD2 #D9C5E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BD9BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BD9BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BD2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BD2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.086 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e0',
    500: '#bd9bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bd2;
$custom-light: #d1b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BD2

secondary

#E3EBDD

accent

#B13564

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BD2

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

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