#BD9BDA#BD9BDA

#BD9BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.096 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BDA
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 24.42, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 36.65, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0601 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.096 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3602, 39.3239, 71.5167)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BDA #B8DA9B

analogous

#9D9BDA #BD9BDA #DA9BD7

triadic

#BD9BDA #DABD9B #9BDABD

tetradic

#BD9BDA #DA9D9B #B8DA9B #9BD7DA

square

#BD9BDA #DA9D9B #B8DA9B #9BD7DA

split-complementary

#BD9BDA #D7DA9B #9BDA9D

monochromatic

#8244B7 #A06EC9 #BD9BDA #DAC8EB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BD9BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BD9BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BDA

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BDA	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.096 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e5',
    500: '#bd9bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bda;
$custom-light: #d1b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.381,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BDA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#B92C6D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BDA

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

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