#BD9BEB#BD9BEB

#BD9BEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BEB
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 28.14, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 45.41, 308.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0644 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.118 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6999, 40.2597, 83.8391)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BEB #C9EB9B

analogous

#9BA1EB #BD9BEB #E59BEB

triadic

#BD9BEB #EBBD9B #9BEBBD

tetradic

#BD9BEB #EB9BA1 #C9EB9B #9BEBE5

square

#BD9BEB #EB9BA1 #C9EB9B #9BEBE5

split-complementary

#BD9BEB #EBE59B #A1EB9B

monochromatic

#7A35D7 #9B68E1 #BD9BEB #DFCEF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BD9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BD9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BEB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BEB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f1',
    500: '#bd9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9beb;
$custom-light: #d2b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BEB

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CF1781

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BEB

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

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