#BD8EBF#BD8EBF

#BD8EBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.088 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EBF
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 191)
HSL	hsl(298, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(298, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 25.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 26.16, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 32.07, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0718 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.088 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0622, 33.9275, 53.7184)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EBF #90BF8E

analogous

#A48EBF #BD8EBF #BF8EA8

triadic

#BD8EBF #BFBD8E #8EBFBD

tetradic

#BD8EBF #BFA48E #90BF8E #8EA8BF

square

#BD8EBF #BFA48E #90BF8E #8EA8BF

split-complementary

#BD8EBF #A8BF8E #8EBFA4

monochromatic

#844C86 #A667A9 #BD8EBF #D4B5D5 #EBDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD8EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD8EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EBF

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EBF	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.088 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd2',
    500: '#bd8ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ebf;
$custom-light: #d1afd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.551,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70771,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EBF

secondary

#CDDDCC

accent

#A63F43

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EBF

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

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