#BD9EDA#BD9EDA

#BD9EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.091 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9EDA
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 22.75, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 34.71, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0557 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.091 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8657, 40.3348, 71.6852)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9EDA #BBDA9E

analogous

#9F9EDA #BD9EDA #DA9ED9

triadic

#BD9EDA #DABD9E #9EDABD

tetradic

#BD9EDA #DA9F9E #BBDA9E #9ED9DA

square

#BD9EDA #DA9F9E #BBDA9E #9ED9DA

split-complementary

#BD9EDA #D9DA9E #9EDA9F

monochromatic

#8146B8 #9F72C9 #BD9EDA #DBCAEB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BD9EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BD9EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9EDA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9EDA	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.091 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bae5',
    500: '#bd9eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9eda;
$custom-light: #d1bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74773,
    "c": 0.09081,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9EDA

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B82E70

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9EDA

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

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