#BD8CD4#BD8CD4

#BD8CD4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CD4
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(281, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 31.48, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 43.35, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0806 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.115 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2461, 34.3293, 66.6753)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CD4 #A3D48C

analogous

#998CD4 #BD8CD4 #D48CC7

triadic

#BD8CD4 #D4BD8C #8CD4BD

tetradic

#BD8CD4 #D4998C #A3D48C #8CC7D4

square

#BD8CD4 #D4998C #A3D48C #8CC7D4

split-complementary

#BD8CD4 #C7D48C #8CD499

monochromatic

#863EA7 #A35FC3 #BD8CD4 #D7B9E5 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BD8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CD4

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CD4	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee1',
    500: '#bd8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cd4;
$custom-light: #d2aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71272,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CD4

secondary

#DAE8D3

accent

#B92D59

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CD4

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

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