#BD8CD6#BD8CD6

#BD8CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CD6
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(280, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 31.90, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 44.33, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0811 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.117 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5000, 34.4308, 68.0122)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CD6 #A5D68C

analogous

#988CD6 #BD8CD6 #D68CCA

triadic

#BD8CD6 #D6BD8C #8CD6BD

tetradic

#BD8CD6 #D6988C #A5D68C #8CCAD6

square

#BD8CD6 #D6988C #A5D68C #8CCAD6

split-complementary

#BD8CD6 #CAD68C #8CD698

monochromatic

#863DAB #A35FC6 #BD8CD6 #D7B9E6 #F1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CD6

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CD6	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee3',
    500: '#bd8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cd6;
$custom-light: #d2aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CD6

secondary

#DBEAD4

accent

#BB2B5B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CD6

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

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