#BD9DED#BD9DED

#BD9DED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DED
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 27.48, -35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 45.18, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0621 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.117 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3261, 41.0472, 85.4813)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DED #CDED9D

analogous

#9DA5ED #BD9DED #E59DED

triadic

#BD9DED #EDBD9D #9DEDBD

tetradic

#BD9DED #ED9DA5 #CDED9D #9DEDE5

square

#BD9DED #ED9DA5 #CDED9D #9DEDE5

split-complementary

#BD9DED #EDE59D #A5ED9D

monochromatic

#7736DA #9A69E4 #BD9DED #E0D1F6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BD9DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BD9DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DED

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DED	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2baf3',
    500: '#bd9ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ded;
$custom-light: #d2baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75401,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11586

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DED

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

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