#BD8CF7#BD8CF7

#BD8CF7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.157 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CF7
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 247)
HSL	hsl(267, 87%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 43.3%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 39.16, -46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 60.99, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0877 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.157 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1493, 36.2905, 92.4985)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CF7 #C6F78C

analogous

#8C90F7 #BD8CF7 #F38CF7

triadic

#BD8CF7 #F7BD8C #8CF7BD

tetradic

#BD8CF7 #F78C90 #C6F78C #8CF7F3

square

#BD8CF7 #F78C90 #C6F78C #8CF7F3

split-complementary

#BD8CF7 #F7F38C #90F78C

monochromatic

#7B1AEF #9C53F3 #BD8CF7 #DEC5FB #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BD8CF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BD8CF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CF7

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CF7	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA2F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39EB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.157 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aefa',
    500: '#bd8cf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cf7;
$custom-light: #d3aefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.477,
    "s": 86.992,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CF7

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E4027C

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CF7

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

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