#BD8BEE#BD8BEE

#BD8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.148 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BEE
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 37.67, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 57.03, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0875 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.148 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6484, 35.4574, 85.3115)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BEE #BCEE8B

analogous

#8C8BEE #BD8BEE #EE8BEE

triadic

#BD8BEE #EEBD8B #8BEEBD

tetradic

#BD8BEE #EE8C8B #BCEE8B #8BEEEE

square

#BD8BEE #EE8C8B #BCEE8B #8BEEEE

split-complementary

#BD8BEE #EEEE8B #8BEE8C

monochromatic

#8021DE #9F56E6 #BD8BEE #DBC0F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BD8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BEE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BEE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.148 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2adf4',
    500: '#bd8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bee;
$custom-light: #d2adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BEE

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D70F72

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BEE

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

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