#BD8ED2#BD8ED2

#BD8ED2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8ED2
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 32%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 32.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 29.96, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 41.07, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0772 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.109 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2903, 34.8188, 65.4532)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8ED2 #A3D28E

analogous

#9B8ED2 #BD8ED2 #D28EC5

triadic

#BD8ED2 #D2BD8E #8ED2BD

tetradic

#BD8ED2 #D29B8E #A3D28E #8EC5D2

square

#BD8ED2 #D29B8E #A3D28E #8EC5D2

split-complementary

#BD8ED2 #C5D28E #8ED29B

monochromatic

#8641A4 #A362C1 #BD8ED2 #D7BAE3 #F0E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD8ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD8ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8ED2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8ED2	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC96A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe0',
    500: '#bd8ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ed2;
$custom-light: #d1afe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.471,
    "s": 43.038,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8ED2

secondary

#DAE8D4

accent

#B62F59

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8ED2

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

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