#BD8BE2#BD8BE2

#BD8BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BE2
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 35.01, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 50.96, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0853 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.133 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9439, 34.7756, 76.3342)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BE2 #B0E28B

analogous

#928BE2 #BD8BE2 #E28BDC

triadic

#BD8BE2 #E2BD8B #8BE2BD

tetradic

#BD8BE2 #E2928B #B0E28B #8BDCE2

square

#BD8BE2 #E2928B #B0E28B #8BDCE2

split-complementary

#BD8BE2 #DCE28B #8BE292

monochromatic

#8431C2 #A15AD6 #BD8BE2 #D9BCEE #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BE2

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BE2	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B998AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adeb',
    500: '#bd8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8be2;
$custom-light: #d2adeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BE2

secondary

#E3F0D9

accent

#C81E66

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BE2

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

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