#BD9CD2#BD9CD2

#BD9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.084 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CD2
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 22.18, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 31.95, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0563 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.084 312)
XYZ	xyz(44.5056, 39.2494, 66.1916)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CD2 #B1D29C

analogous

#A29CD2 #BD9CD2 #D29CCC

triadic

#BD9CD2 #D2BD9C #9CD2BD

tetradic

#BD9CD2 #D2A29C #B1D29C #9CCCD2

square

#BD9CD2 #D2A29C #B1D29C #9CCCD2

split-complementary

#BD9CD2 #CCD29C #9CD2A2

monochromatic

#844CA7 #A172BF #BD9CD2 #D9C6E5 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BD9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BD9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CD2

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CD2	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.084 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9e0',
    500: '#bd9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9cd2;
$custom-light: #d1b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.39249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CD2

secondary

#E3ECDE

accent

#B03565

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CD2

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

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