#BD8ABE#BD8ABE

#BD8ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.094 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ABE
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(299, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 28.19, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 34.26, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0777 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.094 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3681, 32.7147, 52.9460)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ABE #8BBE8A

analogous

#A38ABE #BD8ABE #BE8AA5

triadic

#BD8ABE #BEBD8A #8ABEBD

tetradic

#BD8ABE #BEA38A #8BBE8A #8AA5BE

square

#BD8ABE #BEA38A #8BBE8A #8AA5BE

split-complementary

#BD8ABE #A5BE8A #8ABEA3

monochromatic

#834984 #A763A8 #BD8ABE #D3B1D4 #E9D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BD8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BD8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ABE

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ABE	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.094 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acd1',
    500: '#bd8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8abe;
$custom-light: #d1acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.846,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70014,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ABE

secondary

#C9DBC9

accent

#A73E40

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ABE

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

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