#BD9ECA#BD9ECA

#BD9ECA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.071 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9ECA
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 19.44, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 26.66, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0509 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.071 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8722, 39.5374, 61.1860)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9ECA #ABCA9E

analogous

#A79ECA #BD9ECA #CA9EC1

triadic

#BD9ECA #CABD9E #9ECABD

tetradic

#BD9ECA #CAA79E #ABCA9E #9EC1CA

square

#BD9ECA #CAA79E #ABCA9E #9EC1CA

split-complementary

#BD9ECA #C1CA9E #9ECAA7

monochromatic

#85549A #A276B4 #BD9ECA #D8C6E0 #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BD9ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BD9ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9ECA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9ECA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.071 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bada',
    500: '#bd9eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9eca;
$custom-light: #d1bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.273,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74148,
    "c": 0.0709,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9ECA

secondary

#DFE8DC

accent

#A83E5D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9ECA

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

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