#BD8CC8#BD8CC8

#BD8CC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CC8
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(289, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 29.03, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 37.55, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0775 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.101 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7883, 33.7461, 58.9974)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CC8 #97C88C

analogous

#9F8CC8 #BD8CC8 #C88CB5

triadic

#BD8CC8 #C8BD8C #8CC8BD

tetradic

#BD8CC8 #C89F8C #97C88C #8CB5C8

square

#BD8CC8 #C89F8C #97C88C #8CB5C8

split-complementary

#BD8CC8 #B5C88C #8CC89F

monochromatic

#854693 #A563B4 #BD8CC8 #D5B5DC #EDDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD8CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BD8CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CC8

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CC8	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE92A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aed8',
    500: '#bd8cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cc8;
$custom-light: #d1aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CC8

secondary

#D2E2CE

accent

#AE374D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CC8

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

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