#BD9BE9#BD9BE9

#BD9BE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BE9
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 27.69, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 44.37, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.064 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.115 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4126, 40.1448, 82.3259)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BE9 #C7E99B

analogous

#9BA0E9 #BD9BE9 #E49BE9

triadic

#BD9BE9 #E9BD9B #9BE9BD

tetradic

#BD9BE9 #E99BA0 #C7E99B #9BE9E4

square

#BD9BE9 #E99BA0 #C7E99B #9BE9E4

split-complementary

#BD9BE9 #E9E49B #A0E99B

monochromatic

#7B37D3 #9C69DE #BD9BE9 #DECDF4 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BD9BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BD9BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BE9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BE9	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f0',
    500: '#bd9be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9be9;
$custom-light: #d2b8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74861,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BE9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC1A7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BE9

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

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