#BD9BEC#BD9BEC

#BD9BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BEC
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 28.37, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 45.92, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0647 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.119 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8448, 40.3177, 84.6021)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BEC #CAEC9B

analogous

#9BA2EC #BD9BEC #E69BEC

triadic

#BD9BEC #ECBD9B #9BECBD

tetradic

#BD9BEC #EC9BA2 #CAEC9B #9BECE6

square

#BD9BEC #EC9BA2 #CAEC9B #9BECE6

split-complementary

#BD9BEC #ECE69B #A2EC9B

monochromatic

#7934D8 #9B68E2 #BD9BEC #DFCEF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BD9BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BD9BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BEC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BEC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f2',
    500: '#bd9bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bec;
$custom-light: #d2b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.185,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74995,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BEC

secondary

#E7F2D9

accent

#D01682

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BEC

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

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