#BD8BDB#BD8BDB

#BD8BDB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BDB
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 33.51, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 47.46, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0837 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.125 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0029, 34.3992, 71.3784)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BDB #A9DB8B

analogous

#958BDB #BD8BDB #DB8BD1

triadic

#BD8BDB #DBBD8B #8BDBBD

tetradic

#BD8BDB #DB958B #A9DB8B #8BD1DB

square

#BD8BDB #DB958B #A9DB8B #8BD1DB

split-complementary

#BD8BDB #D1DB8B #8BDB95

monochromatic

#8538B4 #A25CCD #BD8BDB #D8BAE9 #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BD8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BDB

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BDB	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ade6',
    500: '#bd8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bdb;
$custom-light: #d2ade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71408,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BDB

secondary

#DEECD6

accent

#C0255F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BDB

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

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