#BD8AE5#BD8AE5

#BD8AE5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.139 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AE5
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 36.22, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 53.10, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0873 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.139 309)
XYZ	xyz(44.2150, 34.6535, 78.4731)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AE5 #B2E58A

analogous

#908AE5 #BD8AE5 #E58AE0

triadic

#BD8AE5 #E5BD8A #8AE5BD

tetradic

#BD8AE5 #E5908A #B2E58A #8AE0E5

square

#BD8AE5 #E5908A #B2E58A #8AE0E5

split-complementary

#BD8AE5 #E0E58A #8AE590

monochromatic

#842CC8 #A158DA #BD8AE5 #D9BCF0 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD8AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BD8AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AE5

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AE5	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B898AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.139 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aded',
    500: '#bd8ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ae5;
$custom-light: #d2aded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.34653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AE5

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CB1A68

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AE5

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

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