#BD8BED#BD8BED

#BD8BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.147 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BED
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 237)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 37.44, -42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 56.52, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0874 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.147 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5019, 35.3988, 84.5399)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BED #BBED8B

analogous

#8C8BED #BD8BED #ED8BEC

triadic

#BD8BED #EDBD8B #8BEDBD

tetradic

#BD8BED #ED8C8B #BBED8B #8BECED

square

#BD8BED #ED8C8B #BBED8B #8BECED

split-complementary

#BD8BED #ECED8B #8BED8C

monochromatic

#8122DC #9F56E5 #BD8BED #DBC0F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD8BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BD8BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BED

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BED	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.147 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf3',
    500: '#bd8bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bed;
$custom-light: #d2adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BED

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D51071

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BED

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

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