#BD8ABA#BD8ABA

#BD8ABA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.090 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ABA
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(304, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 27.43, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 32.50, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0765 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.09 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9369, 32.5422, 50.6751)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ABA #8ABD8D

analogous

#A78ABD #BD8ABA #BD8AA1

triadic

#BD8ABA #BABD8A #8ABABD

tetradic

#BD8ABA #BDA78A #8ABD8D #8AA1BD

square

#BD8ABA #BDA78A #8ABD8D #8AA1BD

split-complementary

#BD8ABA #A1BD8A #8ABDA7

monochromatic

#834A7F #A763A3 #BD8ABA #D3B1D1 #E9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BD8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ABA

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ABA	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8896BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.090 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acce',
    500: '#bd8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8aba;
$custom-light: #d1acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6986,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ABA

secondary

#C9DACA

accent

#A6453F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ABA

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

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