#BD8BF8#BD8BF8

#BD8BF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.160 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8BF8
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 248)
HSL	hsl(268, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(268, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 44%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 39.94, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 62.12, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0892 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.16 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1585, 36.0615, 93.2649)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8BF8 #C6F88B

analogous

#8B8FF8 #BD8BF8 #F48BF8

triadic

#BD8BF8 #F8BD8B #8BF8BD

tetradic

#BD8BF8 #F88B8F #C6F88B #8BF8F4

square

#BD8BF8 #F88B8F #C6F88B #8BF8F4

split-complementary

#BD8BF8 #F8F48B #8FF88B

monochromatic

#7B18F1 #9C51F5 #BD8BF8 #DEC5FB #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD8BF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BD8BF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8BF8

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8BF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8BF8	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6EA1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7AA2F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8bf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.160 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aefb',
    500: '#bd8bf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8bf8;
$custom-light: #d3aefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8bf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.523,
    "s": 88.618,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.16005,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8BF8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E5007C

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8BF8

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

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