#BD8CEE#BD8CEE

#BD8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.146 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CEE
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 37.12, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 56.40, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0862 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.146 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7939, 35.7483, 85.3600)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CEE #BDEE8C

analogous

#8C8CEE #BD8CEE #EE8CEE

triadic

#BD8CEE #EEBD8C #8CEEBD

tetradic

#BD8CEE #EE8C8C #BDEE8C #8CEEEE

square

#BD8CEE #EE8C8C #BDEE8C #8CEEEE

split-complementary

#BD8CEE #EEEE8C #8CEE8C

monochromatic

#8021DE #9E57E6 #BD8CEE #DCC1F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BD8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CEE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CEE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.146 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aef4',
    500: '#bd8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cee;
$custom-light: #d2aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D60F73

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CEE

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

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