#BD9CCD#BD9CCD

#BD9CCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.078 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CCD
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 21.15, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 29.45, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0548 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.078 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8924, 39.0041, 62.9621)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CCD #ACCD9C

analogous

#A49CCD #BD9CCD #CD9CC4

triadic

#BD9CCD #CDBD9C #9CCDBD

tetradic

#BD9CCD #CDA49C #ACCD9C #9CC4CD

square

#BD9CCD #CDA49C #ACCD9C #9CC4CD

split-complementary

#BD9CCD #C4CD9C #9CCDA4

monochromatic

#85509F #A273B8 #BD9CCD #D8C5E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BD9CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BD9CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CCD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CCD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.078 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9dc',
    500: '#bd9ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ccd;
$custom-light: #d1b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.07809,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CCD

secondary

#E0E9DC

accent

#AC3A5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CCD

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

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