#BD9BE2#BD9BE2

#BD9BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BE2
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 26.15, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 40.75, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0622 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.106 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4324, 39.7527, 77.1637)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BE2 #C0E29B

analogous

#9B9DE2 #BD9BE2 #E09BE2

triadic

#BD9BE2 #E2BD9B #9BE2BD

tetradic

#BD9BE2 #E29B9D #C0E29B #9BE2E0

square

#BD9BE2 #E29B9D #C0E29B #9BE2E0

split-complementary

#BD9BE2 #E2E09B #9DE29B

monochromatic

#7E3CC6 #9E6CD4 #BD9BE2 #DCCAF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BD9BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BD9BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BE2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BE2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8eb',
    500: '#bd9be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9be2;
$custom-light: #d1b8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.732,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32376

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BE2

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

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