#BD9CC2#BD9CC2

#BD9CC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.065 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CC2
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(292, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 18.96, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 24.15, 321.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0513 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.065 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6110, 38.4916, 56.2134)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CC2 #A1C29C

analogous

#AA9CC2 #BD9CC2 #C29CB4

triadic

#BD9CC2 #C2BD9C #9CC2BD

tetradic

#BD9CC2 #C2AA9C #A1C29C #9CB4C2

square

#BD9CC2 #C2AA9C #A1C29C #9CB4C2

split-complementary

#BD9CC2 #B4C29C #9CC2AA

monochromatic

#86578D #A476AB #BD9CC2 #D6C2D9 #EFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BD9CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BD9CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CC2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CC2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.065 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9d4',
    500: '#bd9cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9cc2;
$custom-light: #d1b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.105,
    "s": 23.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73475,
    "c": 0.0652,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CC2

secondary

#D9E3D7

accent

#A24350

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CC2

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