#BD9BE4#BD9BE4

#BD9BE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BE4
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 32%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 26.59, -32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 41.78, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0627 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.109 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7084, 39.8631, 78.6174)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BE4 #C2E49B

analogous

#9B9EE4 #BD9BE4 #E19BE4

triadic

#BD9BE4 #E4BD9B #9BE4BD

tetradic

#BD9BE4 #E49B9E #C2E49B #9BE4E1

square

#BD9BE4 #E49B9E #C2E49B #9BE4E1

split-complementary

#BD9BE4 #E4E19B #9EE49B

monochromatic

#7D3BCA #9D6BD7 #BD9BE4 #DDCBF1 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BD9BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BD9BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BE4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BE4	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8ec',
    500: '#bd9be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9be4;
$custom-light: #d2b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.945,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BE4

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C52078

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BE4

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

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