#BD8AED#BD8AED

#BD8AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.148 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AED
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 37.99, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 57.15, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0888 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.148 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3578, 35.1106, 84.4919)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AED #BAED8A

analogous

#8B8AED #BD8AED #ED8AEB

triadic

#BD8AED #EDBD8A #8AEDBD

tetradic

#BD8AED #ED8B8A #BAED8A #8AEBED

square

#BD8AED #ED8B8A #BAED8A #8AEBED

split-complementary

#BD8AED #EBED8A #8AED8B

monochromatic

#8122DB #9F55E5 #BD8AED #DBBFF5 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AED

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AED	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.148 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf3',
    500: '#bd8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8aed;
$custom-light: #d2adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72085,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AED

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D51070

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AED

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

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