#BD9DFF#BD9DFF

#BD9DFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.140 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9DFF
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 255)
HSL	hsl(260, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(260, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 31.64, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 54.58, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.066 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.14 298)
XYZ	xyz(51.0891, 42.1524, 100.0330)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9DFF #DFFF9D

analogous

#9DAEFF #BD9DFF #EE9DFF

triadic

#BD9DFF #FFBD9D #9DFFBD

tetradic

#BD9DFF #FF9DAE #DFFF9D #9DFFEE

square

#BD9DFF #FF9DAE #DFFF9D #9DFFEE

split-complementary

#BD9DFF #FFEE9D #AEFF9D

monochromatic

#6B23FF #9460FF #BD9DFF #E6DAFF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BD9DFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BD9DFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9DFF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9DFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9DFF	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ADFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9dff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.140 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2baff',
    500: '#bd9dff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9dff;
$custom-light: #d2baff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9dff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76236,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.42153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9DFF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009B

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9DFF

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

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