#BD8BCD#BD8BCD

#BD8BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BCD
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 30.59, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 40.59, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0803 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.108 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2368, 33.6928, 62.0768)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BCD #9BCD8B

analogous

#9C8BCD #BD8BCD #CD8BBC

triadic

#BD8BCD #CDBD8B #8BCDBD

tetradic

#BD8BCD #CD9C8B #9BCD8B #8BBCCD

square

#BD8BCD #CD9C8B #9BCD8B #8BBCCD

split-complementary

#BD8BCD #BCCD8B #8BCD9C

monochromatic

#85439B #A560BB #BD8BCD #D5B6DF #EEE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BD8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BCD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BCD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1addc',
    500: '#bd8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bcd;
$custom-light: #d1addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70798,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BCD

secondary

#D5E4D0

accent

#B33352

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BCD

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

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