#BD9BEA#BD9BEA

#BD9BEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BEA
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 234)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 27.92, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 44.89, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0642 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.116 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5558, 40.2021, 83.0804)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BEA #C8EA9B

analogous

#9BA1EA #BD9BEA #E59BEA

triadic

#BD9BEA #EABD9B #9BEABD

tetradic

#BD9BEA #EA9BA1 #C8EA9B #9BEAE5

square

#BD9BEA #EA9BA1 #C8EA9B #9BEAE5

split-complementary

#BD9BEA #EAE59B #A1EA9B

monochromatic

#7A36D5 #9C68DF #BD9BEA #DECEF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BD9BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BD9BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BEA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BEA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f1',
    500: '#bd9bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bea;
$custom-light: #d2b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.823,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BEA

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD187F

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BEA

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

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