#BD8CD5#BD8CD5

#BD8CD5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CD5
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 34%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 31.69, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 43.84, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0809 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.116 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3727, 34.3799, 67.3417)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CD5 #A4D58C

analogous

#998CD5 #BD8CD5 #D58CC9

triadic

#BD8CD5 #D5BD8C #8CD5BD

tetradic

#BD8CD5 #D5998C #A4D58C #8CC9D5

square

#BD8CD5 #D5998C #A4D58C #8CC9D5

split-complementary

#BD8CD5 #C9D58C #8CD599

monochromatic

#863EA9 #A35FC5 #BD8CD5 #D7B9E5 #F0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BD8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CD5

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CD5	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee2',
    500: '#bd8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cd5;
$custom-light: #d2aee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.274,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71316,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CD5

secondary

#DBE9D4

accent

#BA2C5A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CD5

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

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