#BD9EE3#BD9EE3

#BD9EE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9EE3
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 24.70, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 39.35, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0582 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.102 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0755, 40.8187, 78.0569)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9EE3 #C4E39E

analogous

#9EA1E3 #BD9EE3 #E09EE3

triadic

#BD9EE3 #E3BD9E #9EE3BD

tetradic

#BD9EE3 #E39EA1 #C4E39E #9EE3E0

square

#BD9EE3 #E39EA1 #C4E39E #9EE3E0

split-complementary

#BD9EE3 #E3E09E #A1E39E

monochromatic

#7C3FC8 #9D6FD5 #BD9EE3 #DDCDF1 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BD9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BD9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9EE3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9EE3	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbec',
    500: '#bd9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ee3;
$custom-light: #d1bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9EE3

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C3237B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9EE3

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

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