#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
RGBrgb(189, 139, 198)
HSLhsl(291, 34%, 66%)
HSVhsv(291, 30%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(4.5%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(64.45, 29.19, -23.16)
CIE-LCHlch(64.45, 37.26, 321.57°)
OKLaboklab(70.51% 0.0784 -0.063)
OKLCHoklch(70.51% 0.101 321.2)
XYZxyz(40.4107, 33.3623, 57.7260)
Luminance0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BD8BC61.002.747.677.67
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6721.001.001.00
##0000007.6721.001.001.00

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

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#BD8BC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva