#BD9EDD#BD9EDD

#BD9EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.095 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9EDD
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 23.40, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 36.25, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0566 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.095 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2618, 40.4933, 73.7714)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9EDD #BEDD9E

analogous

#9E9FDD #BD9EDD #DD9EDD

triadic

#BD9EDD #DDBD9E #9EDDBD

tetradic

#BD9EDD #DD9E9F #BEDD9E #9EDDDD

square

#BD9EDD #DD9E9F #BEDD9E #9EDDDD

split-complementary

#BD9EDD #DDDD9E #9FDD9E

monochromatic

#7F43BD #9E71CD #BD9EDD #DCCBED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BD9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BD9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9EDD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9EDD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.095 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bae7',
    500: '#bd9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9edd;
$custom-light: #d1bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.524,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74896,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9EDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A74

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9EDD

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

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