#BD87BC#BD87BC

#BD87BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.097 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD87BC
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 188)
HSL	hsl(301, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(301, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 29.47, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 35.34, 326.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0817 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.097 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7265, 31.7789, 51.6612)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD87BC #87BD88

analogous

#A387BD #BD87BC #BD87A1

triadic

#BD87BC #BCBD87 #87BCBD

tetradic

#BD87BC #BDA387 #87BD88 #87A1BD

square

#BD87BC #BDA387 #87BD88 #87A1BD

split-complementary

#BD87BC #A1BD87 #87BDA3

monochromatic

#824881 #A760A6 #BD87BC #D3AED2 #E8D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BD87BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BD87BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD87BC

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD87BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD87BC	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd87bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.097 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aad0',
    500: '#bd87bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd87bc;
$custom-light: #d1aad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd87bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.111,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD87BC

secondary

#C6D9C7

accent

#A8403E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD87BC

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

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