#BD9DEB#BD9DEB

#BD9DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DEB
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 27.03, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 44.14, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0616 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.114 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0355, 40.9309, 83.9510)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DEB #CBEB9D

analogous

#9DA4EB #BD9DEB #E49DEB

triadic

#BD9DEB #EBBD9D #9DEBBD

tetradic

#BD9DEB #EB9DA4 #CBEB9D #9DEBE4

square

#BD9DEB #EB9DA4 #CBEB9D #9DEBE4

split-complementary

#BD9DEB #EBE49D #A4EB9D

monochromatic

#7937D6 #9B6AE1 #BD9DEB #DFD0F5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BD9DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BD9DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DEB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DEB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2baf1',
    500: '#bd9deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9deb;
$custom-light: #d2baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75312,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1883

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DEB

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

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