#BD8CCB#BD8CCB

#BD8CCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CCB
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 31%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 29.64, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 38.98, 319.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0783 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.104 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1424, 33.8877, 60.8620)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CCB #9ACB8C

analogous

#9E8CCB #BD8CCB #CB8CBA

triadic

#BD8CCB #CBBD8C #8CCBBD

tetradic

#BD8CCB #CB9E8C #9ACB8C #8CBACB

square

#BD8CCB #CB9E8C #9ACB8C #8CBACB

split-complementary

#BD8CCB #BACB8C #8CCB9E

monochromatic

#854598 #A562B8 #BD8CCB #D5B6DE #EDE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD8CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD8CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CCB

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CCB	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aedb',
    500: '#bd8ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ccb;
$custom-light: #d1aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 37.725,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70891,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CCB

secondary

#D4E3CF

accent

#B13550

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CCB

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

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