#BD9CDC#BD9CDC

#BD9CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.097 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CDC
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 24.29, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 37.03, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0592 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.097 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7906, 39.7634, 72.9591)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CDC #BBDC9C

analogous

#9D9CDC #BD9CDC #DC9CDB

triadic

#BD9CDC #DCBD9C #9CDCBD

tetradic

#BD9CDC #DC9D9C #BBDC9C #9CDBDC

square

#BD9CDC #DC9D9C #BBDC9C #9CDBDC

split-complementary

#BD9CDC #DBDC9C #9CDC9D

monochromatic

#8142BB #9F6FCC #BD9CDC #DBC9EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BD9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BD9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CDC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CDC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.097 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9e7',
    500: '#bd9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9cdc;
$custom-light: #d1b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.938,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74485,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CDC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A70

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CDC

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