#BD8DBD#BD8DBD

#BD8DBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.087 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DBD
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 26.33, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 31.83, 325.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0727 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.087 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6955, 33.5439, 52.5178)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DBD #8DBD8D

analogous

#A58DBD #BD8DBD #BD8DA5

triadic

#BD8DBD #BDBD8D #8DBDBD

tetradic

#BD8DBD #BDA58D #8DBD8D #8DA5BD

square

#BD8DBD #BDA58D #8DBD8D #8DA5BD

split-complementary

#BD8DBD #A5BD8D #8DBDA5

monochromatic

#834C83 #A766A7 #BD8DBD #D3B4D3 #EADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DBD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DBD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.087 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aed1',
    500: '#bd8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dbd;
$custom-light: #d1aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DBD

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A54040

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DBD

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

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