#BD8BBC#BD8BBC

#BD8BBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.090 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BBC
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(301, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(301, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 27.25, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 32.71, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0755 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.09 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2951, 32.9161, 51.8507)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BBC #8BBD8C

analogous

#A58BBD #BD8BBC #BD8BA3

triadic

#BD8BBC #BCBD8B #8BBCBD

tetradic

#BD8BBC #BDA58B #8BBD8C #8BA3BD

square

#BD8BBC #BDA58B #8BBD8C #8BA3BD

split-complementary

#BD8BBC #A3BD8B #8BBDA5

monochromatic

#834B82 #A764A5 #BD8BBC #D3B2D3 #E9D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BD8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BBC

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BBC	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.090 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add0',
    500: '#bd8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bbc;
$custom-light: #d1add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70115,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BBC

secondary

#C9DBCA

accent

#A6413F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BBC

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

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