#BD81BC#BD81BC

#BD81BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.108 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD81BC
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 188)
HSL	hsl(301, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(301, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 32.78, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 39.26, 326.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0909 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.108 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9128, 30.1516, 51.3899)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD81BC #81BD82

analogous

#A081BD #BD81BC #BD819E

triadic

#BD81BC #BCBD81 #81BCBD

tetradic

#BD81BC #BDA081 #81BD82 #819EBD

square

#BD81BC #BDA081 #81BD82 #819EBD

split-complementary

#BD81BC #9EBD81 #81BDA0

monochromatic

#80437F #A859A7 #BD81BC #D2A9D1 #E7D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD81BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BD81BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD81BC

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD81BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD81BC	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D90BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd81bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.108 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a6d0',
    500: '#bd81bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd81bc;
$custom-light: #d2a6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd81bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68358,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD81BC

secondary

#C2D8C2

accent

#AA3D3C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD81BC

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

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