#BD8DCD#BD8DCD

#BD8DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.105 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DCD
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 29.49, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 39.28, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0773 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.105 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5290, 34.2773, 62.1743)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DCD #9DCD8D

analogous

#9D8DCD #BD8DCD #CD8DBD

triadic

#BD8DCD #CDBD8D #8DCDBD

tetradic

#BD8DCD #CD9D8D #9DCD8D #8DBDCD

square

#BD8DCD #CD9D8D #9DCD8D #8DBDCD

split-complementary

#BD8DCD #BDCD8D #8DCD9D

monochromatic

#86449B #A462BA #BD8DCD #D6B8E0 #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DCD

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DCD	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.105 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdc',
    500: '#bd8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dcd;
$custom-light: #d1afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71151,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DCD

secondary

#D6E5D1

accent

#B23353

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DCD

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

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