#BD8BEA#BD8BEA

#BD8BEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.143 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BEA
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 234)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 36.77, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 55.00, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0868 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.143 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0673, 35.2250, 82.2509)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BEA #B8EA8B

analogous

#8D8BEA #BD8BEA #EA8BE7

triadic

#BD8BEA #EABD8B #8BEABD

tetradic

#BD8BEA #EA8D8B #B8EA8B #8BE7EA

square

#BD8BEA #EA8D8B #B8EA8B #8BE7EA

split-complementary

#BD8BEA #E7EA8B #8BEA8D

monochromatic

#8226D4 #A057E1 #BD8BEA #DABFF3 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD8BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD8BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BEA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BEA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79AAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.143 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf1',
    500: '#bd8bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bea;
$custom-light: #d2adf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72107,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BEA

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D1146E

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BEA

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

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