#BD8DCA#BD8DCA

#BD8DCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DCA
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 28.88, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 37.84, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0765 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.101 319)
XYZ	xyz(41.1704, 34.1338, 60.2854)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DCA #9ACA8D

analogous

#9F8DCA #BD8DCA #CA8DB9

triadic

#BD8DCA #CABD8D #8DCABD

tetradic

#BD8DCA #CA9F8D #9ACA8D #8DB9CA

square

#BD8DCA #CA9F8D #9ACA8D #8DB9CA

split-complementary

#BD8DCA #B9CA8D #8DCA9F

monochromatic

#854697 #A563B7 #BD8DCA #D5B7DD #EDE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD8DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD8DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DCA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DCA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afda',
    500: '#bd8dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dca;
$custom-light: #d1afda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.213,
    "s": 36.527,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71028,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.34133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DCA

secondary

#D4E3D0

accent

#AF3650

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DCA

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

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