#BD88E6#BD88E6

#BD88E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD88E6
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 37.54, -40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 54.87, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0903 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.143 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0707, 34.1409, 79.1158)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD88E6 #B1E688

analogous

#8E88E6 #BD88E6 #E688E0

triadic

#BD88E6 #E6BD88 #88E6BD

tetradic

#BD88E6 #E68E88 #B1E688 #88E0E6

square

#BD88E6 #E68E88 #B1E688 #88E0E6

split-complementary

#BD88E6 #E0E688 #88E68E

monochromatic

#842AC9 #A155DB #BD88E6 #D9BBF1 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD88E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD88E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD88E6

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD88E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD88E6	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749CE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B896AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd88e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abee',
    500: '#bd88e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd88e6;
$custom-light: #d2abee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd88e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71409,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD88E6

secondary

#E3F1D9

accent

#CD1867

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD88E6

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

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