#BD8CF8#BD8CF8

#BD8CF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.158 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CF8
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 248)
HSL	hsl(267, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 43.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 39.39, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 61.50, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0878 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.158 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3040, 36.3524, 93.3134)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CF8 #C7F88C

analogous

#8C91F8 #BD8CF8 #F38CF8

triadic

#BD8CF8 #F8BD8C #8CF8BD

tetradic

#BD8CF8 #F88C91 #C7F88C #8CF8F3

square

#BD8CF8 #F88C91 #C7F88C #8CF8F3

split-complementary

#BD8CF8 #F8F38C #91F88C

monochromatic

#7B19F1 #9C52F4 #BD8CF8 #DEC6FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BD8CF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BD8CF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CF8

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CF8	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70A1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA2F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39EB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.158 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aefb',
    500: '#bd8cf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cf8;
$custom-light: #d3aefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.222,
    "s": 88.525,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CF8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E5007D

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CF8

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

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