#BD8BC2#BD8BC2

#BD8BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.096 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BC2
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(295, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(295, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 28.41, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 35.41, 323.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0773 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.096 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9554, 33.1802, 55.3282)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BC2 #90C28B

analogous

#A18BC2 #BD8BC2 #C28BAC

triadic

#BD8BC2 #C2BD8B #8BC2BD

tetradic

#BD8BC2 #C2A18B #90C28B #8BACC2

square

#BD8BC2 #C2A18B #90C28B #8BACC2

split-complementary

#BD8BC2 #ACC28B #8BC2A1

monochromatic

#84498A #A663AD #BD8BC2 #D4B3D7 #EBDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BD8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BC2

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BC2	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.096 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add4',
    500: '#bd8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bc2;
$custom-light: #d1add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70349,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BC2

secondary

#CDDECB

accent

#AA3C46

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BC2

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

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