#BD9CDF#BD9CDF

#BD9CDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CDF
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 223)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 30%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 24.94, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 38.57, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.06 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.101 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1915, 39.9237, 75.0704)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CDF #BEDF9C

analogous

#9C9DDF #BD9CDF #DF9CDF

triadic

#BD9CDF #DFBD9C #9CDFBD

tetradic

#BD9CDF #DF9C9D #BEDF9C #9CDFDF

square

#BD9CDF #DF9C9D #BEDF9C #9CDFDF

split-complementary

#BD9CDF #DFDF9C #9DDF9C

monochromatic

#7F40C1 #9E6ED0 #BD9CDF #DCCAEE #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BD9CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BD9CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CDF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CDF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9e9',
    500: '#bd9cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9cdf;
$custom-light: #d1b9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.552,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CDF

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BF2774

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CDF

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

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