#BD8DDD#BD8DDD

#BD8DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DDD
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 32.83, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 47.17, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0813 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.124 311)
XYZ	xyz(43.5600, 35.0897, 72.8708)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DDD #ADDD8D

analogous

#958DDD #BD8DDD #DD8DD5

triadic

#BD8DDD #DDBD8D #8DDDBD

tetradic

#BD8DDD #DD958D #ADDD8D #8DD5DD

square

#BD8DDD #DD958D #ADDD8D #8DD5DD

split-complementary

#BD8DDD #D5DD8D #8DDD95

monochromatic

#8537B9 #A25ECF #BD8DDD #D8BCEB #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD8DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD8DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DDD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DDD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA98AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2afe8',
    500: '#bd8ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ddd;
$custom-light: #d2afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.35089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DDD

secondary

#E1EED8

accent

#C22463

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DDD

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

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