#BD8BEB#BD8BEB

#BD8BEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.144 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BEB
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 37.00, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 55.51, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.087 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.144 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2113, 35.2826, 83.0096)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BEB #B9EB8B

analogous

#8D8BEB #BD8BEB #EB8BE9

triadic

#BD8BEB #EBBD8B #8BEBBD

tetradic

#BD8BEB #EB8D8B #B9EB8B #8BE9EB

square

#BD8BEB #EB8D8B #B9EB8B #8BE9EB

split-complementary

#BD8BEB #E9EB8B #8BEB8D

monochromatic

#8125D7 #9F57E2 #BD8BEB #DBBFF4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD8BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BD8BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BEB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BEB	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.144 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf2',
    500: '#bd8beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8beb;
$custom-light: #d2adf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72156,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D3136F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BEB

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

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