#BD9EEE#BD9EEE

#BD9EEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9EEE
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 27.15, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 45.08, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0609 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.117 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6425, 41.4455, 86.3095)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9EEE #CFEE9E

analogous

#9EA7EE #BD9EEE #E59EEE

triadic

#BD9EEE #EEBD9E #9EEEBD

tetradic

#BD9EEE #EE9EA7 #CFEE9E #9EEEE5

square

#BD9EEE #EE9EA7 #CFEE9E #9EEEE5

split-complementary

#BD9EEE #EEE59E #A7EE9E

monochromatic

#7636DC #9A6AE5 #BD9EEE #E0D2F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BD9EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BD9EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9EEE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9EEE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bbf4',
    500: '#bd9eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9eee;
$custom-light: #d2bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75626,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9EEE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21388

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9EEE

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

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