#BD8BBD#BD8BBD

#BD8BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.091 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BBD
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 27.44, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 33.15, 325.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0758 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.091 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4033, 32.9594, 52.4204)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BBD #8BBD8B

analogous

#A48BBD #BD8BBD #BD8BA4

triadic

#BD8BBD #BDBD8B #8BBDBD

tetradic

#BD8BBD #BDA48B #8BBD8B #8BA4BD

square

#BD8BBD #BDA48B #8BBD8B #8BA4BD

split-complementary

#BD8BBD #A4BD8B #8BBDA4

monochromatic

#834B83 #A764A7 #BD8BBD #D3B2D3 #E9D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BD8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BBD

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BBD	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.091 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add1',
    500: '#bd8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bbd;
$custom-light: #d1add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.09093,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BBD

secondary

#C9DBC9

accent

#A63F3F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BBD

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

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