#BD8DBB#BD8DBB

#BD8DBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.085 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DBB
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 187)
HSL	hsl(303, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(303, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 25.95, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 30.95, 326.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0721 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.085 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4799, 33.4576, 51.3824)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DBB #8DBD8F

analogous

#A78DBD #BD8DBB #BD8DA3

triadic

#BD8DBB #BBBD8D #8DBBBD

tetradic

#BD8DBB #BDA78D #8DBD8F #8DA3BD

square

#BD8DBB #BDA78D #8DBD8F #8DA3BD

split-complementary

#BD8DBB #A3BD8D #8DBDA7

monochromatic

#834C81 #A766A4 #BD8DBB #D3B4D2 #EADBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD8DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BD8DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DBB

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DBB	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.085 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aecf',
    500: '#bd8dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dbb;
$custom-light: #d1aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70438,
    "c": 0.08521,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DBB

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A54440

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DBB

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

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