#BD8DBF#BD8DBF

#BD8DBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.089 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DBF
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 191)
HSL	hsl(298, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(298, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 26.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 26.72, -18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 32.73, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0733 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.089 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9141, 33.6313, 53.6690)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DBF #8FBF8D

analogous

#A48DBF #BD8DBF #BF8DA8

triadic

#BD8DBF #BFBD8D #8DBFBD

tetradic

#BD8DBF #BFA48D #8FBF8D #8DA8BF

square

#BD8DBF #BFA48D #8FBF8D #8DA8BF

split-complementary

#BD8DBF #A8BF8D #8DBFA4

monochromatic

#844B86 #A666A9 #BD8DBF #D4B4D5 #EADBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD8DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BD8DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DBF

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DBF	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.089 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd2',
    500: '#bd8dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dbf;
$custom-light: #d1afd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DBF

secondary

#CCDCCB

accent

#A73F43

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DBF

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

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