#BD9BEE#BD9BEE

#BD9BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BEE
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 28.82, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 46.96, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0652 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.122 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1370, 40.4346, 86.1410)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BEE #CCEE9B

analogous

#9BA3EE #BD9BEE #E69BEE

triadic

#BD9BEE #EEBD9B #9BEEBD

tetradic

#BD9BEE #EE9BA3 #CCEE9B #9BEEE6

square

#BD9BEE #EE9BA3 #CCEE9B #9BEEE6

split-complementary

#BD9BEE #EEE69B #A3EE9B

monochromatic

#7832DC #9A67E5 #BD9BEE #E0CFF7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BD9BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BD9BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BEE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BEE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f4',
    500: '#bd9bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bee;
$custom-light: #d2b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.578,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BEE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31384

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BEE

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

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