#BD9DCA#BD9DCA

#BD9DCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.073 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DCA
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(283, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 19.99, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 27.32, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0524 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.073 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7023, 39.1976, 61.1293)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DCA #AACA9D

analogous

#A69DCA #BD9DCA #CA9DC0

triadic

#BD9DCA #CABD9D #9DCABD

tetradic

#BD9DCA #CAA69D #AACA9D #9DC0CA

square

#BD9DCA #CAA69D #AACA9D #9DC0CA

split-complementary

#BD9DCA #C0CA9D #9DCAA6

monochromatic

#85539A #A275B5 #BD9DCA #D8C5DF #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BD9DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BD9DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DCA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DCA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.073 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bada',
    500: '#bd9dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9dca;
$custom-light: #d1bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.667,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73959,
    "c": 0.07269,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DCA

secondary

#DFE8DB

accent

#A83D5C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DCA

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

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