#BD8CDD#BD8CDD

#BD8CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CDD
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 33.38, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 47.81, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0827 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.126 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4132, 34.7961, 72.8219)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CDD #ACDD8C

analogous

#948CDD #BD8CDD #DD8CD4

triadic

#BD8CDD #DDBD8C #8CDDBD

tetradic

#BD8CDD #DD948C #ACDD8C #8CD4DD

square

#BD8CDD #DD948C #ACDD8C #8CD4DD

split-complementary

#BD8CDD #D4DD8C #8CDD94

monochromatic

#8536B8 #A25DCF #BD8CDD #D8BBEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD8CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD8CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CDD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CDD	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA97AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aee8',
    500: '#bd8cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cdd;
$custom-light: #d2aee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.296,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71671,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CDD

secondary

#E0EDD8

accent

#C22462

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CDD

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

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