#BD8AFF#BD8AFF

#BD8AFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.170 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8AFF
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 255)
HSL	hsl(266, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(266, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 42.11, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 66.31, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0915 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.17 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1208, 36.2158, 99.0436)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8AFF #CCFF8A

analogous

#8A92FF #BD8AFF #F88AFF

triadic

#BD8AFF #FFBD8A #8AFFBD

tetradic

#BD8AFF #FF8A92 #CCFF8A #8AFFF8

square

#BD8AFF #FF8A92 #CCFF8A #8AFFF8

split-complementary

#BD8AFF #FFF88A #92FF8A

monochromatic

#7810FF #9A4DFF #BD8AFF #E0C7FF #EEE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BD8AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BD8AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8AFF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8AFF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69A1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75A2FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19EB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.170 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3adff',
    500: '#bd8aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8aff;
$custom-light: #d3adff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73,
    "c": 0.17017,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8AFF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60081

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8AFF

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

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