#BD8CDC#BD8CDC

#BD8CDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CDC
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 33.17, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 47.31, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0825 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.124 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2804, 34.7430, 72.1223)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CDC #ABDC8C

analogous

#958CDC #BD8CDC #DC8CD3

triadic

#BD8CDC #DCBD8C #8CDCBD

tetradic

#BD8CDC #DC958C #ABDC8C #8CD3DC

square

#BD8CDC #DC958C #ABDC8C #8CD3DC

split-complementary

#BD8CDC #D3DC8C #8CDC95

monochromatic

#8537B6 #A25DCE #BD8CDC #D8BBEA #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CDC

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CDC	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA97AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee7',
    500: '#bd8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cdc;
$custom-light: #d2aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71626,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CDC

secondary

#DFEDD7

accent

#C12561

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CDC

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

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