#BD8DEC#BD8DEC

#BD8DEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.142 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DEC
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 36.12, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 54.76, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0844 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.142 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6485, 35.9250, 83.8700)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DEC #BCEC8D

analogous

#8E8DEC #BD8DEC #EC8DEC

triadic

#BD8DEC #ECBD8D #8DECBD

tetradic

#BD8DEC #EC8E8D #BCEC8D #8DECEC

square

#BD8DEC #EC8E8D #BCEC8D #8DECEC

split-complementary

#BD8DEC #ECEC8D #8DEC8E

monochromatic

#8024DA #9F59E3 #BD8DEC #DBC1F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BD8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DEC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DEC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.142 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff2',
    500: '#bd8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dec;
$custom-light: #d2aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.316,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72543,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DEC

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D31272

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DEC

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

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