#BD8CD3#BD8CD3

#BD8CD3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CD3
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 31.27, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 42.85, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0804 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.114 315)
XYZ	xyz(42.1204, 34.2790, 66.0130)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CD3 #A2D38C

analogous

#9A8CD3 #BD8CD3 #D38CC6

triadic

#BD8CD3 #D3BD8C #8CD3BD

tetradic

#BD8CD3 #D39A8C #A2D38C #8CC6D3

square

#BD8CD3 #D39A8C #A2D38C #8CC6D3

split-complementary

#BD8CD3 #C6D38C #8CD39A

monochromatic

#863FA5 #A460C2 #BD8CD3 #D6B8E4 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CD3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CD3	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee0',
    500: '#bd8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cd3;
$custom-light: #d2aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71229,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.34278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CD3

secondary

#D9E8D3

accent

#B82E58

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CD3

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

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