#BD9FCD#BD9FCD

#BD9FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.073 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD9FCD
RGBrgb(189, 159, 205)
HSLhsl(279, 32%, 71%)
HSVhsv(279, 22%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(7.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.49, 19.49, -19.38)
CIE-LCHlch(69.49, 27.49, 315.16°)
OKLaboklab(74.45% 0.0503 -0.0525)
OKLCHoklch(74.45% 0.073 313.8)
XYZxyz(44.4021, 40.0234, 63.1319)
Luminance0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD9FCD #AFCD9F
analogous
#A69FCD #BD9FCD #CD9FC6
triadic
#BD9FCD #CDBD9F #9FCDBD
tetradic
#BD9FCD #CDA69F #AFCD9F #9FC6CD
square
#BD9FCD #CDA69F #AFCD9F #9FC6CD
split-complementary
#BD9FCD #C6CD9F #9FCDA6
monochromatic
#84539F #A177B8 #BD9FCD #D9C7E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#BD9FCD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00
#BD9FCD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9FCD
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD9FCD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD9FCD1.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99A8CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FABCB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BCA4AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd9fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.073 313.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbdc',
    500: '#bd9fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd9fcd;
$custom-light: #d1bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd9fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD9FCD
secondary
#E2EADE
accent
#AA3B62
background
#FCFBFD
surface
#F9F6FB
border
#D2D0D4
text
#141215
muted
#828183

Preview Lab

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#BD9FCD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva