#BD8AEE#BD8AEE

#BD8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.149 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AEE
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 38.22, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 57.66, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0889 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.149 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5043, 35.1692, 85.2635)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AEE #BBEE8A

analogous

#8B8AEE #BD8AEE #EE8AED

triadic

#BD8AEE #EEBD8A #8AEEBD

tetradic

#BD8AEE #EE8B8A #BBEE8A #8AEDEE

square

#BD8AEE #EE8B8A #BBEE8A #8AEDEE

split-complementary

#BD8AEE #EDEE8A #8AEE8B

monochromatic

#8120DD #9F55E6 #BD8AEE #DBBFF6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AEE

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AEE	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.149 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf4',
    500: '#bd8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8aee;
$custom-light: #d2adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AEE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D70F71

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AEE

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

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