#BD9CD3#BD9CD3

#BD9CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.085 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CD3
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 22.39, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 32.45, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0566 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.085 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6306, 39.2994, 66.8498)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CD3 #B2D39C

analogous

#A29CD3 #BD9CD3 #D39CCE

triadic

#BD9CD3 #D3BD9C #9CD3BD

tetradic

#BD9CD3 #D3A29C #B2D39C #9CCED3

square

#BD9CD3 #D3A29C #B2D39C #9CCED3

split-complementary

#BD9CD3 #CED39C #9CD3A2

monochromatic

#844BA9 #A172C0 #BD9CD3 #D9C6E6 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BD9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BD9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CD3

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CD3	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.085 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9e0',
    500: '#bd9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9cd3;
$custom-light: #d1b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7412,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CD3

secondary

#E4ECDF

accent

#B13466

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CD3

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

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