#BD8DEF#BD8DEF

#BD8DEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.146 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DEF
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 41%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 36.79, -42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 56.29, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0849 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.146 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0880, 36.1008, 86.1848)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DEF #BFEF8D

analogous

#8D8EEF #BD8DEF #EE8DEF

triadic

#BD8DEF #EFBD8D #8DEFBD

tetradic

#BD8DEF #EF8D8E #BFEF8D #8DEFEE

square

#BD8DEF #EF8D8E #BFEF8D #8DEFEE

split-complementary

#BD8DEF #EFEE8D #8EEF8D

monochromatic

#7F22E0 #9E57E7 #BD8DEF #DCC3F7 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BD8DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BD8DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DEF

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DEF	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.146 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff4',
    500: '#bd8def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8def;
$custom-light: #d2aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DEF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80E75

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DEF

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

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