#BD8AF8#BD8AF8

#BD8AF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.162 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AF8
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 248)
HSL	hsl(268, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 44.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 40.49, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 62.74, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0905 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.162 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0144, 35.7732, 93.2168)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AF8 #C5F88A

analogous

#8A8EF8 #BD8AF8 #F48AF8

triadic

#BD8AF8 #F8BD8A #8AF8BD

tetradic

#BD8AF8 #F88A8E #C5F88A #8AF8F4

square

#BD8AF8 #F88A8E #C5F88A #8AF8F4

split-complementary

#BD8AF8 #F8F48A #8EF88A

monochromatic

#7C17F1 #9C50F5 #BD8AF8 #DEC4FB #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD8AF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BD8AF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AF8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AF8	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6DA0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A1F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8af8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.162 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adfb',
    500: '#bd8af8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8af8;
$custom-light: #d3adfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8af8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.818,
    "s": 88.71,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.16164,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AF8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E5007B

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AF8

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

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