#BD8ADE#BD8ADE

#BD8ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ADE
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 34.70, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 49.59, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0858 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.13 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2573, 34.2704, 73.4291)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ADE #ABDE8A

analogous

#938ADE #BD8ADE #DE8AD5

triadic

#BD8ADE #DEBD8A #8ADEBD

tetradic

#BD8ADE #DE938A #ABDE8A #8AD5DE

square

#BD8ADE #DE938A #ABDE8A #8AD5DE

split-complementary

#BD8ADE #D5DE8A #8ADE93

monochromatic

#8534B9 #A25AD1 #BD8ADE #D8BAEB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BD8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ADE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ADE	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ade8',
    500: '#bd8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ade;
$custom-light: #d2ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71372,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ADE

secondary

#DFEDD6

accent

#C42261

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ADE

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

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