#BD9BEF#BD9BEF

#BD9BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9BEF
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 239)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 35.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 29.04, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 47.48, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0654 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.123 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2843, 40.4935, 86.9169)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9BEF #CDEF9B

analogous

#9BA3EF #BD9BEF #E79BEF

triadic

#BD9BEF #EFBD9B #9BEFBD

tetradic

#BD9BEF #EF9BA3 #CDEF9B #9BEFE7

square

#BD9BEF #EF9BA3 #CDEF9B #9BEFE7

split-complementary

#BD9BEF #EFE79B #A3EF9B

monochromatic

#7731DE #9A66E7 #BD9BEF #E0D0F7 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BD9BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BD9BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9BEF

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9BEF	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8f4',
    500: '#bd9bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9bef;
$custom-light: #d2b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9BEF

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41185

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9BEF

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

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