#BD8BF6#BD8BF6

#BD8BF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.158 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BF6
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 246)
HSL	hsl(268, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 43.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 39.48, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 61.10, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0889 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.158 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8499, 35.9380, 91.6395)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BF6 #C4F68B

analogous

#8B8EF6 #BD8BF6 #F28BF6

triadic

#BD8BF6 #F6BD8B #8BF6BD

tetradic

#BD8BF6 #F68B8E #C4F68B #8BF6F2

square

#BD8BF6 #F68B8E #C4F68B #8BF6F2

split-complementary

#BD8BF6 #F6F28B #8EF68B

monochromatic

#7C19ED #9D52F2 #BD8BF6 #DDC4FA #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD8BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BD8BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BF6

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BF6	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA0FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA2F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.158 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aef9',
    500: '#bd8bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bf6;
$custom-light: #d3aef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 85.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BF6

secondary

#E6F5D6

accent

#E2037A

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BF6

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

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