#BD9EEA#BD9EEA

#BD9EEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9EEA
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 234)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 26.25, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 42.99, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.06 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.111 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0613, 41.2131, 83.2489)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9EEA #CBEA9E

analogous

#9EA5EA #BD9EEA #E39EEA

triadic

#BD9EEA #EABD9E #9EEABD

tetradic

#BD9EEA #EA9EA5 #CBEA9E #9EEAE3

square

#BD9EEA #EA9EA5 #CBEA9E #9EEAE3

split-complementary

#BD9EEA #EAE39E #A5EA9E

monochromatic

#7939D4 #9B6CDF #BD9EEA #DFD0F5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BD9EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BD9EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9EEA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9EEA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbf1',
    500: '#bd9eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9eea;
$custom-light: #d2bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.474,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75449,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9EEA

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CC1983

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9EEA

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

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