#BD8BC6#BD8BC6

#BD8BC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.101 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BC6
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(291, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(291, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 29.19, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 37.26, 321.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0784 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.101 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4107, 33.3623, 57.7260)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BC6 #94C68B

analogous

#9F8BC6 #BD8BC6 #C68BB1

triadic

#BD8BC6 #C6BD8B #8BC6BD

tetradic

#BD8BC6 #C69F8B #94C68B #8BB1C6

square

#BD8BC6 #C69F8B #94C68B #8BB1C6

split-complementary

#BD8BC6 #B1C68B #8BC69F

monochromatic

#854790 #A662B2 #BD8BC6 #D4B4DA #ECDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD8BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BD8BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BC6

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BC6	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF91A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.101 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add7',
    500: '#bd8bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bc6;
$custom-light: #d1add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.847,
    "s": 34.104,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70509,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BC6

secondary

#D0E0CD

accent

#AD394A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BC6

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

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