#BD8BDA#BD8BDA

#BD8BDA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.124 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BDA
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 33.30, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 46.96, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0835 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.124 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8716, 34.3467, 70.6872)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BDA #A8DA8B

analogous

#968BDA #BD8BDA #DA8BCF

triadic

#BD8BDA #DABD8B #8BDABD

tetradic

#BD8BDA #DA968B #A8DA8B #8BCFDA

square

#BD8BDA #DA968B #A8DA8B #8BCFDA

split-complementary

#BD8BDA #CFDA8B #8BDA96

monochromatic

#8539B2 #A35DCB #BD8BDA #D7B9E9 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BD8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BDA

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BDA	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.124 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ade5',
    500: '#bd8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bda;
$custom-light: #d2ade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.975,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71363,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BDA

secondary

#DDEBD5

accent

#BF265E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BDA

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

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