#BD8CD7#BD8CD7

#BD8CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CD7
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 32.11, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 44.83, 315.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0814 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.118 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6281, 34.4820, 68.6869)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CD7 #A6D78C

analogous

#988CD7 #BD8CD7 #D78CCC

triadic

#BD8CD7 #D7BD8C #8CD7BD

tetradic

#BD8CD7 #D7988C #A6D78C #8CCCD7

square

#BD8CD7 #D7988C #A6D78C #8CCCD7

split-complementary

#BD8CD7 #CCD78C #8CD798

monochromatic

#863CAD #A35FC7 #BD8CD7 #D7B9E7 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CD7

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CD7	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee3',
    500: '#bd8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cd7;
$custom-light: #d2aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.2,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CD7

secondary

#DCEAD5

accent

#BC2A5C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CD7

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

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