#BD9ECD#BD9ECD

#BD9ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.075 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9ECD
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 20.04, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 28.14, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0518 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.075 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2308, 39.6809, 63.0749)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9ECD #AECD9E

analogous

#A59ECD #BD9ECD #CD9EC5

triadic

#BD9ECD #CDBD9E #9ECDBD

tetradic

#BD9ECD #CDA59E #AECD9E #9EC5CD

square

#BD9ECD #CDA59E #AECD9E #9EC5CD

split-complementary

#BD9ECD #C5CD9E #9ECDA5

monochromatic

#85529F #A276B8 #BD9ECD #D8C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BD9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BD9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9ECD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9ECD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.075 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1badc',
    500: '#bd9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ecd;
$custom-light: #d1badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.574,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.07454,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9ECD

secondary

#E1EADD

accent

#AB3B61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9ECD

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

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