#BD8ECD#BD8ECD

#BD8ECD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ECD
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 28.93, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 38.63, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0758 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.103 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6771, 34.5735, 62.2236)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ECD #9ECD8E

analogous

#9D8ECD #BD8ECD #CD8EBD

triadic

#BD8ECD #CDBD8E #8ECDBD

tetradic

#BD8ECD #CD9D8E #9ECD8E #8EBDCD

square

#BD8ECD #CD9D8E #9ECD8E #8EBDCD

split-complementary

#BD8ECD #BDCD8E #8ECD9D

monochromatic

#86459C #A464BA #BD8ECD #D6B8E0 #EFE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ECD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ECD	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdc',
    500: '#bd8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ecd;
$custom-light: #d1afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.762,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71329,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ECD

secondary

#D7E5D2

accent

#B23454

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ECD

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

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