#BD9EDE#BD9EDE

#BD9EDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.096 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9EDE
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(269, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 23.61, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 36.77, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0568 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.096 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3954, 40.5467, 74.4752)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9EDE #BFDE9E

analogous

#9E9FDE #BD9EDE #DD9EDE

triadic

#BD9EDE #DEBD9E #9EDEBD

tetradic

#BD9EDE #DE9E9F #BFDE9E #9EDEDD

square

#BD9EDE #DE9E9F #BFDE9E #9EDEDD

split-complementary

#BD9EDE #DEDD9E #9FDE9E

monochromatic

#7F43BF #9E70CE #BD9EDE #DCCCEE #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BD9EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BD9EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9EDE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9EDE	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.096 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbe8',
    500: '#bd9ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ede;
$custom-light: #d1bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.063,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74937,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9EDE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2975

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9EDE

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

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