#BD87E6#BD87E6

#BD87E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.145 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD87E6
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 41.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 38.09, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 55.50, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0917 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.145 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9305, 33.8605, 79.0690)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD87E6 #B0E687

analogous

#8E87E6 #BD87E6 #E687E0

triadic

#BD87E6 #E6BD87 #87E6BD

tetradic

#BD87E6 #E68E87 #B0E687 #87E0E6

square

#BD87E6 #E68E87 #B0E687 #87E0E6

split-complementary

#BD87E6 #E0E687 #87E68E

monochromatic

#842AC9 #A154DB #BD87E6 #D9BAF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD87E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD87E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD87E6

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD87E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD87E6	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd87e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.145 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abee',
    500: '#bd87e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd87e6;
$custom-light: #d2abee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd87e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.105,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD87E6

secondary

#E3F1D8

accent

#CD1866

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD87E6

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

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