#BD8BBB#BD8BBB

#BD8BBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.089 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BBB
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(302, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 27.06, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 32.27, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0752 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.089 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1877, 32.8731, 51.2849)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BBB #8BBD8D

analogous

#A68BBD #BD8BBB #BD8BA2

triadic

#BD8BBB #BBBD8B #8BBBBD

tetradic

#BD8BBB #BDA68B #8BBD8D #8BA2BD

square

#BD8BBB #BDA68B #8BBD8D #8BA2BD

split-complementary

#BD8BBB #A2BD8B #8BBDA6

monochromatic

#834B81 #A764A4 #BD8BBB #D3B2D2 #E9D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BD8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BBB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BBB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.089 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adcf',
    500: '#bd8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bbb;
$custom-light: #d1adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.4,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70077,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BBB

secondary

#C9DBCA

accent

#A6443F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BBB

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

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