#BD8EC0#BD8EC0

#BD8EC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.089 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EC0
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(296, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(296, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 26.35, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 32.52, 324.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0721 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.089 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1726, 33.9717, 54.2999)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EC0 #91C08E

analogous

#A48EC0 #BD8EC0 #C08EAA

triadic

#BD8EC0 #C0BD8E #8EC0BD

tetradic

#BD8EC0 #C0A48E #91C08E #8EAAC0

square

#BD8EC0 #C0A48E #91C08E #8EAAC0

split-complementary

#BD8EC0 #AAC08E #8EC0A4

monochromatic

#844C88 #A667AA #BD8EC0 #D4B5D6 #EBDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD8EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD8EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EC0

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EC0	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF93A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.089 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd3',
    500: '#bd8ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ec0;
$custom-light: #d1afd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.4,
    "s": 28.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70809,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EC0

secondary

#CEDDCD

accent

#A73E45

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EC0

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

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