#BD9BE0#BD9BE0

#BD9BE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BE0
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 224)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 25.71, -30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 39.72, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0617 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.104 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1596, 39.6436, 75.7268)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BE0 #BEE09B

analogous

#9B9CE0 #BD9BE0 #E09BE0

triadic

#BD9BE0 #E0BD9B #9BE0BD

tetradic

#BD9BE0 #E09B9C #BEE09B #9BE0E0

square

#BD9BE0 #E09B9C #BEE09B #9BE0E0

split-complementary

#BD9BE0 #E0E09B #9CE09B

monochromatic

#7F3EC3 #9E6CD2 #BD9BE0 #DCCAEE #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BD9BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BD9BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BE0

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BE0	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ea',
    500: '#bd9be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9be0;
$custom-light: #d1b8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 52.672,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BE0

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C02574

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BE0

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

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