#BD8BCA#BD8BCA

#BD8BCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BCA
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 29.99, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 39.15, 319.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0795 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.105 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8781, 33.5493, 60.1879)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BCA #98CA8B

analogous

#9E8BCA #BD8BCA #CA8BB8

triadic

#BD8BCA #CABD8B #8BCABD

tetradic

#BD8BCA #CA9E8B #98CA8B #8BB8CA

square

#BD8BCA #CA9E8B #98CA8B #8BB8CA

split-complementary

#BD8BCA #B8CA8B #8BCA9E

monochromatic

#854596 #A561B7 #BD8BCA #D5B5DD #EDDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BCA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BCA	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE92A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adda',
    500: '#bd8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bca;
$custom-light: #d1adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.619,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70673,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BCA

secondary

#D2E2CE

accent

#B0354F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BCA

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

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