#BD9CF9#BD9CF9

#BD9CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9CF9
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(261, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 30.79, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 52.07, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0662 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.134 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9698, 41.4351, 94.9694)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9CF9 #D8F99C

analogous

#9CAAF9 #BD9CF9 #EB9CF9

triadic

#BD9CF9 #F9BD9C #9CF9BD

tetradic

#BD9CF9 #F99CAA #D8F99C #9CF9EB

square

#BD9CF9 #F99CAA #D8F99C #9CF9EB

split-complementary

#BD9CF9 #F9EB9C #AAF99C

monochromatic

#7029F2 #9762F6 #BD9CF9 #E3D6FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BD9CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BD9CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9CF9

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9CF9	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ACFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BACF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9fb',
    500: '#bd9cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9cf9;
$custom-light: #d2b9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9CF9

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E50094

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9CF9

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

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