#BD8ABB#BD8ABB

#BD8ABB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.091 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ABB
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(302, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 27.62, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 32.93, 327.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0768 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.091 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0435, 32.5849, 51.2369)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ABB #8ABD8C

analogous

#A68ABD #BD8ABB #BD8AA2

triadic

#BD8ABB #BBBD8A #8ABBBD

tetradic

#BD8ABB #BDA68A #8ABD8C #8AA2BD

square

#BD8ABB #BDA68A #8ABD8C #8AA2BD

split-complementary

#BD8ABB #A2BD8A #8ABDA6

monochromatic

#834A81 #A763A4 #BD8ABB #D3B1D2 #E9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BD8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ABB

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ABB	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.091 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1accf',
    500: '#bd8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8abb;
$custom-light: #d1accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.353,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ABB

secondary

#C9DAC9

accent

#A6433F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ABB

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

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