#BD8ECA#BD8ECA

#BD8ECA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ECA
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 28.33, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 37.19, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.075 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.1 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3185, 34.4300, 60.3347)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ECA #9BCA8E

analogous

#9F8ECA #BD8ECA #CA8EB9

triadic

#BD8ECA #CABD8E #8ECABD

tetradic

#BD8ECA #CA9F8E #9BCA8E #8EB9CA

square

#BD8ECA #CA9F8E #9BCA8E #8EB9CA

split-complementary

#BD8ECA #B9CA8E #8ECA9F

monochromatic

#854797 #A564B6 #BD8ECA #D5B8DE #EEE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD8ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD8ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ECA

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ECA	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afda',
    500: '#bd8eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8eca;
$custom-light: #d1afda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287,
    "s": 36.145,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ECA

secondary

#D5E3D1

accent

#AF3651

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ECA

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

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