#BD9BDB#BD9BDB

#BD9BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BDB
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 24.63, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 37.16, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0604 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.097 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4915, 39.3764, 72.2080)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BDB #B9DB9B

analogous

#9D9BDB #BD9BDB #DB9BD9

triadic

#BD9BDB #DBBD9B #9BDBBD

tetradic

#BD9BDB #DB9D9B #B9DB9B #9BD9DB

square

#BD9BDB #DB9D9B #B9DB9B #9BD9DB

split-complementary

#BD9BDB #D9DB9B #9BDB9D

monochromatic

#8143B9 #9F6ECB #BD9BDB #DBC8EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BD9BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BD9BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BDB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BDB	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e6',
    500: '#bd9bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bdb;
$custom-light: #d1b8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7426,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BDB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2B6E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BDB

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

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