#BD8BE3#BD8BE3

#BD8BE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.134 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BE3
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 35.23, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 51.46, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0855 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.134 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0815, 34.8307, 77.0589)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BE3 #B1E38B

analogous

#918BE3 #BD8BE3 #E38BDD

triadic

#BD8BE3 #E3BD8B #8BE3BD

tetradic

#BD8BE3 #E3918B #B1E38B #8BDDE3

square

#BD8BE3 #E3918B #B1E38B #8BDDE3

split-complementary

#BD8BE3 #DDE38B #8BE391

monochromatic

#842FC4 #A15AD7 #BD8BE3 #D9BCEF #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BD8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BE3

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BE3	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B898AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.134 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adec',
    500: '#bd8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8be3;
$custom-light: #d2adec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71775,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BE3

secondary

#E3F0DA

accent

#C91D67

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BE3

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

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