#BD8AF9#BD8AF9

#BD8AF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.163 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AF9
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 249)
HSL	hsl(268, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 44.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 40.72, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 63.25, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0907 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.163 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1700, 35.8355, 94.0361)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AF9 #C6F98A

analogous

#8A8EF9 #BD8AF9 #F58AF9

triadic

#BD8AF9 #F9BD8A #8AF9BD

tetradic

#BD8AF9 #F98A8E #C6F98A #8AF9F5

square

#BD8AF9 #F98A8E #C6F98A #8AF9F5

split-complementary

#BD8AF9 #F9F58A #8EF98A

monochromatic

#7B16F3 #9C50F6 #BD8AF9 #DEC4FC #EFE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD8AF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD8AF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AF9

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AF9	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6CA0FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8af9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.163 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adfc',
    500: '#bd8af9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8af9;
$custom-light: #d3adfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8af9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 90.244,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AF9

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007C

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AF9

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

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