#BD8CF9#BD8CF9

#BD8CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.160 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8CF9
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 249)
HSL	hsl(267, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 43.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 39.62, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 62.02, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.088 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.16 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4596, 36.4146, 94.1326)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8CF9 #C8F98C

analogous

#8C92F9 #BD8CF9 #F38CF9

triadic

#BD8CF9 #F9BD8C #8CF9BD

tetradic

#BD8CF9 #F98C92 #C8F98C #8CF9F3

square

#BD8CF9 #F98C92 #C8F98C #8CF9F3

split-complementary

#BD8CF9 #F9F38C #92F98C

monochromatic

#7A18F3 #9C52F6 #BD8CF9 #DEC6FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BD8CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BD8CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8CF9

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8CF9	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6FA1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7BA3F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39EB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.160 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aefc',
    500: '#bd8cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8cf9;
$custom-light: #d3aefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 90.083,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8CF9

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007E

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8CF9

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

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