#BD9BE3#BD9BE3

#BD9BE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BE3
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 26.37, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 41.27, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0625 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.107 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5700, 39.8078, 77.8884)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BE3 #C1E39B

analogous

#9B9DE3 #BD9BE3 #E19BE3

triadic

#BD9BE3 #E3BD9B #9BE3BD

tetradic

#BD9BE3 #E39B9D #C1E39B #9BE3E1

square

#BD9BE3 #E39B9D #C1E39B #9BE3E1

split-complementary

#BD9BE3 #E3E19B #9DE39B

monochromatic

#7E3BC8 #9D6BD6 #BD9BE3 #DDCBF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BD9BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BD9BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BE3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BE3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ec',
    500: '#bd9be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9be3;
$custom-light: #d1b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BE3

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C42277

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BE3

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

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