#BD9DEC#BD9DEC

#BD9DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DEC
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 27.26, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 44.66, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0619 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.116 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1804, 40.9889, 84.7140)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DEC #CCEC9D

analogous

#9DA5EC #BD9DEC #E59DEC

triadic

#BD9DEC #ECBD9D #9DECBD

tetradic

#BD9DEC #EC9DA5 #CCEC9D #9DECE5

square

#BD9DEC #EC9DA5 #CCEC9D #9DECE5

split-complementary

#BD9DEC #ECE59D #A5EC9D

monochromatic

#7836D8 #9A6AE2 #BD9DEC #E0D0F6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BD9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BD9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DEC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DEC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2baf2',
    500: '#bd9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9dec;
$custom-light: #d2baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.304,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#CF1684

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DEC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →