#BD8EBD#BD8EBD

#BD8EBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.085 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EBD
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 25.78, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 31.17, 325.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0712 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.085 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8436, 33.8401, 52.5672)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EBD #8EBD8E

analogous

#A68EBD #BD8EBD #BD8EA6

triadic

#BD8EBD #BDBD8E #8EBDBD

tetradic

#BD8EBD #BDA68E #8EBD8E #8EA6BD

square

#BD8EBD #BDA68E #8EBD8E #8EA6BD

split-complementary

#BD8EBD #A6BD8E #8EBDA6

monochromatic

#844D84 #A667A6 #BD8EBD #D4B5D4 #EADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EBD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EBD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.085 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd1',
    500: '#bd8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ebd;
$custom-light: #d1afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70695,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EBD

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A54141

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EBD

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

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