#BD8DEB#BD8DEB

#BD8DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DEB
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 35.90, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 54.25, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0842 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.141 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5036, 35.8671, 83.1070)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DEB #BBEB8D

analogous

#8E8DEB #BD8DEB #EB8DEA

triadic

#BD8DEB #EBBD8D #8DEBBD

tetradic

#BD8DEB #EB8E8D #BBEB8D #8DEAEB

square

#BD8DEB #EB8E8D #BBEB8D #8DEAEB

split-complementary

#BD8DEB #EAEB8D #8DEB8E

monochromatic

#8126D8 #9F59E2 #BD8DEB #DBC1F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD8DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD8DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DEB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DEB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff2',
    500: '#bd8deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8deb;
$custom-light: #d2aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72495,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D21371

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DEB

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

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