#BD8DFF#BD8DFF

#BD8DFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.166 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8DFF
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 255)
HSL	hsl(265, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(265, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 44.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 40.47, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 64.47, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0875 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.166 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5571, 37.0885, 99.1890)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8DFF #CFFF8D

analogous

#8D96FF #BD8DFF #F68DFF

triadic

#BD8DFF #FFBD8D #8DFFBD

tetradic

#BD8DFF #FF8D96 #CFFF8D #8DFFF6

square

#BD8DFF #FF8D96 #CFFF8D #8DFFF6

split-complementary

#BD8DFF #FFF68D #96FF8D

monochromatic

#7613FF #9A50FF #BD8DFF #E0CAFF #EDE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BD8DFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BD8DFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8DFF

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8DFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8DFF	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6DA3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A4FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8dff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.166 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3afff',
    500: '#bd8dff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8dff;
$custom-light: #d3afff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8dff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73494,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8DFF

secondary

#E8F7D4

accent

#E60085

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#141018

muted

#837F86

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8DFF

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

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