#BD8EDA#BD8EDA

#BD8EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EDA
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 218)
HSL	hsl(277, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 31.64, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 45.03, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0791 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.118 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3120, 35.2274, 70.8340)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EDA #ABDA8E

analogous

#978EDA #BD8EDA #DA8ED1

triadic

#BD8EDA #DABD8E #8EDABD

tetradic

#BD8EDA #DA978E #ABDA8E #8ED1DA

square

#BD8EDA #DA978E #ABDA8E #8ED1DA

split-complementary

#BD8EDA #D1DA8E #8EDA97

monochromatic

#853BB3 #A260CB #BD8EDA #D8BCE9 #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD8EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD8EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EDA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EDA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA98AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2afe5',
    500: '#bd8eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8eda;
$custom-light: #d2afe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71885,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EDA

secondary

#DFECD8

accent

#BE2761

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EDA

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

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