#BD8DCE#BD8DCE

#BD8DCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DCE
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 29.69, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 39.77, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0776 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.106 317)
XYZ	xyz(41.6501, 34.3257, 62.8120)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DCE #9ECE8D

analogous

#9C8DCE #BD8DCE #CE8DBE

triadic

#BD8DCE #CEBD8D #8DCEBD

tetradic

#BD8DCE #CE9C8D #9ECE8D #8DBECE

square

#BD8DCE #CE9C8D #9ECE8D #8DBECE

split-complementary

#BD8DCE #BECE8D #8DCE9C

monochromatic

#86449D #A462BC #BD8DCE #D6B8E0 #EFE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DCE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DCE	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)

#849BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdd',
    500: '#bd8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dce;
$custom-light: #d1afdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.308,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71193,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.34325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DCE

secondary

#D7E5D1

accent

#B33354

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DCE

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

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