#BD8CED#BD8CED

#BD8CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CED
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 36.89, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 55.90, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.086 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.145 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6474, 35.6897, 84.5884)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CED #BCED8C

analogous

#8D8CED #BD8CED #ED8CED

triadic

#BD8CED #EDBD8C #8CEDBD

tetradic

#BD8CED #ED8D8C #BCED8C #8CEDED

square

#BD8CED #ED8D8C #BCED8C #8CEDED

split-complementary

#BD8CED #EDED8C #8CED8D

monochromatic

#8022DC #9F57E5 #BD8CED #DBC1F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BD8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CED

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CED	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769FF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef3',
    500: '#bd8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ced;
$custom-light: #d2aef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.309,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CED

secondary

#E5F3D8

accent

#D51072

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CED

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

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