#BD8DC2#BD8DC2

#BD8DC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.093 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DC2
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(294, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(294, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 27.30, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 34.09, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0742 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.093 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2476, 33.7647, 55.4256)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DC2 #92C28D

analogous

#A28DC2 #BD8DC2 #C28DAC

triadic

#BD8DC2 #C2BD8D #8DC2BD

tetradic

#BD8DC2 #C2A28D #92C28D #8DACC2

square

#BD8DC2 #C2A28D #92C28D #8DACC2

split-complementary

#BD8DC2 #ACC28D #8DC2A2

monochromatic

#844A8A #A665AD #BD8DC2 #D4B5D7 #EBDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BD8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DC2

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DC2	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF92A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.093 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd4',
    500: '#bd8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dc2;
$custom-light: #d1afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.34,
    "s": 30.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70707,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DC2

secondary

#CEDECD

accent

#A93D47

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DC2

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

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