#BD8CD8#BD8CD8

#BD8CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CD8
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(279, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 32.32, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 45.32, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0816 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.12 313)
XYZ	xyz(42.7570, 34.5336, 69.3657)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CD8 #A7D88C

analogous

#978CD8 #BD8CD8 #D88CCD

triadic

#BD8CD8 #D8BD8C #8CD8BD

tetradic

#BD8CD8 #D8978C #A7D88C #8CCDD8

square

#BD8CD8 #D8978C #A7D88C #8CCDD8

split-complementary

#BD8CD8 #CDD88C #8CD897

monochromatic

#853BAE #A35EC9 #BD8CD8 #D7BAE7 #F1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CD8

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CD8	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee4',
    500: '#bd8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cd8;
$custom-light: #d2aee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 49.351,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71447,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.34533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CD8

secondary

#DDEBD5

accent

#BD295D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CD8

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

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