#BD9DCD#BD9DCD

#BD9DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.076 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DCD
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 20.60, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 28.80, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0533 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.076 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0609, 39.3411, 63.0182)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DCD #ADCD9D

analogous

#A59DCD #BD9DCD #CD9DC5

triadic

#BD9DCD #CDBD9D #9DCDBD

tetradic

#BD9DCD #CDA59D #ADCD9D #9DC5CD

square

#BD9DCD #CDA59D #ADCD9D #9DC5CD

split-complementary

#BD9DCD #C5CD9D #9DCDA5

monochromatic

#85519F #A274B8 #BD9DCD #D8C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BD9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BD9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DCD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DCD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.076 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1badc',
    500: '#bd9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9dcd;
$custom-light: #d1badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74073,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DCD

secondary

#E1E9DD

accent

#AB3A60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DCD

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

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