#BD9ECB#BD9ECB

#BD9ECB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.072 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9ECB
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 19.64, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 27.15, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0512 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.072 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9909, 39.5849, 61.8115)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9ECB #ACCB9E

analogous

#A69ECB #BD9ECB #CB9EC2

triadic

#BD9ECB #CBBD9E #9ECBBD

tetradic

#BD9ECB #CBA69E #ACCB9E #9EC2CB

square

#BD9ECB #CBA69E #ACCB9E #9EC2CB

split-complementary

#BD9ECB #C2CB9E #9ECBA6

monochromatic

#85539B #A276B6 #BD9ECB #D8C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BD9ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BD9ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9ECB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9ECB	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.072 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1badb',
    500: '#bd9ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ecb;
$custom-light: #d1badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74185,
    "c": 0.07211,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9ECB

secondary

#E0E8DC

accent

#A93D5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9ECB

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

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