#BD8AE3#BD8AE3

#BD8AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.136 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AE3
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 35.78, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 52.10, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0869 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.136 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9373, 34.5424, 77.0109)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AE3 #B0E38A

analogous

#918AE3 #BD8AE3 #E38ADD

triadic

#BD8AE3 #E3BD8A #8AE3BD

tetradic

#BD8AE3 #E3918A #B0E38A #8ADDE3

square

#BD8AE3 #E3918A #B0E38A #8ADDE3

split-complementary

#BD8AE3 #DDE38A #8AE391

monochromatic

#842FC4 #A159D7 #BD8AE3 #D9BBEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AE3

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AE3	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B897AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.136 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adec',
    500: '#bd8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ae3;
$custom-light: #d2adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71604,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AE3

secondary

#E3F0D9

accent

#C91C66

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AE3

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

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