#BD8DCC#BD8DCC

#BD8DCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DCC
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 29.28, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 38.80, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0771 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.104 318)
XYZ	xyz(41.4087, 34.2291, 61.5406)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DCC #9CCC8D

analogous

#9D8DCC #BD8DCC #CC8DBC

triadic

#BD8DCC #CCBD8D #8DCCBD

tetradic

#BD8DCC #CC9D8D #9CCC8D #8DBCCC

square

#BD8DCC #CC9D8D #9CCC8D #8DBCCC

split-complementary

#BD8DCC #BCCC8D #8DCC9D

monochromatic

#86459A #A563B9 #BD8DCC #D5B7DF #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD8DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BD8DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DCC

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DCC	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdb',
    500: '#bd8dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dcc;
$custom-light: #d1afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.34228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DCC

secondary

#D5E4D1

accent

#B13452

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DCC

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

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