#BD8BF5#BD8BF5

#BD8BF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.156 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BF5
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 245)
HSL	hsl(268, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 43.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 39.25, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 60.59, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0887 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.156 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6969, 35.8768, 90.8333)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BF5 #C3F58B

analogous

#8B8EF5 #BD8BF5 #F28BF5

triadic

#BD8BF5 #F5BD8B #8BF5BD

tetradic

#BD8BF5 #F58B8E #C3F58B #8BF5F2

square

#BD8BF5 #F58B8E #C3F58B #8BF5F2

split-complementary

#BD8BF5 #F5F28B #8EF58B

monochromatic

#7D1AEB #9D53F0 #BD8BF5 #DDC3FA #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD8BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BD8BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BF5

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BF5	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA2F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.156 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aef9',
    500: '#bd8bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bf5;
$custom-light: #d3aef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7265,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BF5

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E10579

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BF5

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

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