#BD8DED#BD8DED

#BD8DED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.143 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DED
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 237)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 40.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 36.34, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 55.27, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0846 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.143 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7941, 35.9833, 84.6373)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DED #BDED8D

analogous

#8D8DED #BD8DED #ED8DED

triadic

#BD8DED #EDBD8D #8DEDBD

tetradic

#BD8DED #ED8D8D #BDED8D #8DEDED

square

#BD8DED #ED8D8D #BDED8D #8DEDED

split-complementary

#BD8DED #EDED8D #8DED8D

monochromatic

#8023DC #9E58E5 #BD8DED #DCC2F5 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD8DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BD8DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DED

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DED	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.143 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff3',
    500: '#bd8ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ded;
$custom-light: #d2aff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DED

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D51173

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DED

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

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