#BD8BC7#BD8BC7

#BD8BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BC7
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(290, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 29.39, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 37.73, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0787 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.102 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5264, 33.4086, 58.3354)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BC7 #95C78B

analogous

#9F8BC7 #BD8BC7 #C78BB3

triadic

#BD8BC7 #C7BD8B #8BC7BD

tetradic

#BD8BC7 #C79F8B #95C78B #8BB3C7

square

#BD8BC7 #C79F8B #95C78B #8BB3C7

split-complementary

#BD8BC7 #B3C78B #8BC79F

monochromatic

#854691 #A662B3 #BD8BC7 #D4B4DB #ECDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD8BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BD8BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BC7

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BC7	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE91A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add8',
    500: '#bd8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bc7;
$custom-light: #d1add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BC7

secondary

#D0E1CD

accent

#AE384B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BC7

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

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