#BD8DBE#BD8DBE

#BD8DBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.088 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DBE
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(299, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 26.52, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 32.28, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.073 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.088 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8044, 33.5874, 53.0914)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DBE #8EBE8D

analogous

#A58DBE #BD8DBE #BE8DA6

triadic

#BD8DBE #BEBD8D #8DBEBD

tetradic

#BD8DBE #BEA58D #8EBE8D #8DA6BE

square

#BD8DBE #BEA58D #8EBE8D #8DA6BE

split-complementary

#BD8DBE #A6BE8D #8DBEA5

monochromatic

#844C85 #A666A8 #BD8DBE #D4B4D4 #EADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BD8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DBE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DBE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.088 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd1',
    500: '#bd8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dbe;
$custom-light: #d1afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70552,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DBE

secondary

#CBDCCB

accent

#A64042

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DBE

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

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