#BD8AEF#BD8AEF

#BD8AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.151 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AEF
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 38.44, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 58.16, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0891 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.151 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6516, 35.2281, 86.0393)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AEF #BCEF8A

analogous

#8B8AEF #BD8AEF #EF8AEF

triadic

#BD8AEF #EFBD8A #8AEFBD

tetradic

#BD8AEF #EF8B8A #BCEF8A #8AEFEF

square

#BD8AEF #EF8B8A #BCEF8A #8AEFEF

split-complementary

#BD8AEF #EFEF8A #8AEF8B

monochromatic

#801FE0 #9F54E8 #BD8AEF #DBC0F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD8AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD8AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AEF

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AEF	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.151 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf4',
    500: '#bd8aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8aef;
$custom-light: #d2adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AEF

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D80D72

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AEF

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

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