#BD8DCF#BD8DCF

#BD8DCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DCF
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 207)
HSL	hsl(284, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 29.89, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 40.25, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0779 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.107 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7720, 34.3744, 63.4538)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DCF #9FCF8D

analogous

#9C8DCF #BD8DCF #CF8DC0

triadic

#BD8DCF #CFBD8D #8DCFBD

tetradic

#BD8DCF #CF9C8D #9FCF8D #8DC0CF

square

#BD8DCF #CF9C8D #9FCF8D #8DC0CF

split-complementary

#BD8DCF #C0CF8D #8DCF9C

monochromatic

#86439F #A462BD #BD8DCF #D6B8E1 #EFE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD8DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BD8DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DCF

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DCF	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afde',
    500: '#bd8dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dcf;
$custom-light: #d1afde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71235,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DCF

secondary

#D7E6D2

accent

#B43255

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DCF

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

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