#BD8DF8#BD8DF8

#BD8DF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.157 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DF8
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 248)
HSL	hsl(267, 88%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(267, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 43.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 38.84, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 60.88, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0865 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.157 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4508, 36.6460, 93.3623)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DF8 #C8F88D

analogous

#8D93F8 #BD8DF8 #F38DF8

triadic

#BD8DF8 #F8BD8D #8DF8BD

tetradic

#BD8DF8 #F88D93 #C8F88D #8DF8F3

square

#BD8DF8 #F88D93 #C8F88D #8DF8F3

split-complementary

#BD8DF8 #F8F38D #93F88D

monochromatic

#7A1AF1 #9C53F4 #BD8DF8 #DEC7FC #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BD8DF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BD8DF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DF8

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DF8	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71A2FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA3F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39FB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8df8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.157 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3affb',
    500: '#bd8df8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8df8;
$custom-light: #d3affb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8df8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 88.43,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DF8

secondary

#E7F5D6

accent

#E5007E

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DF8

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

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