#BD8ABC#BD8ABC

#BD8ABC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.092 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ABC
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(301, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(301, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 27.81, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 33.37, 326.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0771 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.092 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1510, 32.6279, 51.8027)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ABC #8ABD8B

analogous

#A58ABD #BD8ABC #BD8AA3

triadic

#BD8ABC #BCBD8A #8ABCBD

tetradic

#BD8ABC #BDA58A #8ABD8B #8AA3BD

square

#BD8ABC #BDA58A #8ABD8B #8AA3BD

split-complementary

#BD8ABC #A3BD8A #8ABDA5

monochromatic

#834A82 #A763A6 #BD8ABC #D3B1D2 #E9D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BD8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ABC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ABC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.092 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acd0',
    500: '#bd8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8abc;
$custom-light: #d1acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.176,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69936,
    "c": 0.09173,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ABC

secondary

#C9DAC9

accent

#A6413F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ABC

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

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