#BD9FCA#BD9FCA

#BD9FCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.069 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9FCA
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 18.88, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 26.00, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0494 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.069 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0434, 39.8799, 61.2431)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9FCA #ACCA9F

analogous

#A79FCA #BD9FCA #CA9FC1

triadic

#BD9FCA #CABD9F #9FCABD

tetradic

#BD9FCA #CAA79F #ACCA9F #9FC1CA

square

#BD9FCA #CAA79F #ACCA9F #9FC1CA

split-complementary

#BD9FCA #C1CA9F #9FCAA7

monochromatic

#85559A #A278B4 #BD9FCA #D8C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BD9FCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BD9FCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9FCA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9FCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9FCA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9fca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.069 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbda',
    500: '#bd9fca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9fca;
$custom-light: #d1bbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9fca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.86,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74337,
    "c": 0.0691,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9FCA

secondary

#E0E8DD

accent

#A83E5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9FCA

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

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