#BD9BDF#BD9BDF

#BD9BDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.102 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BDF
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 25.49, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 39.21, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0615 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.102 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0244, 39.5895, 75.0146)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BDF #BDDF9B

analogous

#9B9BDF #BD9BDF #DF9BDF

triadic

#BD9BDF #DFBD9B #9BDFBD

tetradic

#BD9BDF #DF9B9B #BDDF9B #9BDFDF

square

#BD9BDF #DF9B9B #BDDF9B #9BDFDF

split-complementary

#BD9BDF #DFDF9B #9BDF9B

monochromatic

#803EC1 #9E6DD0 #BD9BDF #DCC9EE #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BD9BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BD9BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BDF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BDF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.102 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e9',
    500: '#bd9bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bdf;
$custom-light: #d1b8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74428,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BDF

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BF2773

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BDF

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

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