#BD9CED#BD9CED

#BD9CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 302.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CED
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 28.04, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 45.81, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0635 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.119 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1576, 40.7102, 85.4251)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CED #CCED9C

analogous

#9CA4ED #BD9CED #E59CED

triadic

#BD9CED #EDBD9C #9CEDBD

tetradic

#BD9CED #ED9CA4 #CCED9C #9CEDE5

square

#BD9CED #ED9CA4 #CCED9C #9CEDE5

split-complementary

#BD9CED #EDE59C #A4ED9C

monochromatic

#7834DA #9A68E4 #BD9CED #E0D0F6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BD9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BD9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CED

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CED	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9f3',
    500: '#bd9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ced;
$custom-light: #d2b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7522,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11484

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CED

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

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