#BD8BDD#BD8BDD

#BD8BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BDD
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 33.94, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 48.45, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0842 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.127 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2678, 34.5052, 72.7734)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BDD #ABDD8B

analogous

#948BDD #BD8BDD #DD8BD4

triadic

#BD8BDD #DDBD8B #8BDDBD

tetradic

#BD8BDD #DD948B #ABDD8B #8BD4DD

square

#BD8BDD #DD948B #ABDD8B #8BD4DD

split-complementary

#BD8BDD #D4DD8B #8BDD94

monochromatic

#8536B8 #A25CCF #BD8BDD #D8BAEB #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BDD

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BDD	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA96AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ade8',
    500: '#bd8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bdd;
$custom-light: #d2ade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BDD

secondary

#DFEDD7

accent

#C22361

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BDD

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

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