#BD8DEE#BD8DEE

#BD8DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.145 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DEE
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 36.57, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 55.78, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0848 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.145 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9406, 36.0419, 85.4089)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DEE #BEEE8D

analogous

#8D8EEE #BD8DEE #EE8DEE

triadic

#BD8DEE #EEBD8D #8DEEBD

tetradic

#BD8DEE #EE8D8E #BEEE8D #8DEEEE

square

#BD8DEE #EE8D8E #BEEE8D #8DEEEE

split-complementary

#BD8DEE #EEEE8D #8EEE8D

monochromatic

#7F22DE #9E58E6 #BD8DEE #DCC2F6 #F0E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BD8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DEE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DEE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.145 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff4',
    500: '#bd8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dee;
$custom-light: #d2aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.691,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7264,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D60F74

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DEE

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

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