#BD8CD0#BD8CD0

#BD8CD0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CD0
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(283, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 30.65, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 41.39, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0796 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.11 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7478, 34.1299, 64.0508)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CD0 #9FD08C

analogous

#9B8CD0 #BD8CD0 #D08CC1

triadic

#BD8CD0 #D0BD8C #8CD0BD

tetradic

#BD8CD0 #D09B8C #9FD08C #8CC1D0

square

#BD8CD0 #D09B8C #9FD08C #8CC1D0

split-complementary

#BD8CD0 #C1D08C #8CD09B

monochromatic

#8641A0 #A461BE #BD8CD0 #D6B7E2 #EFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CD0

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CD0	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD94A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aede',
    500: '#bd8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cd0;
$custom-light: #d1aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.235,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71101,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CD0

secondary

#D7E6D2

accent

#B53056

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CD0

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

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