#BD8EDE#BD8EDE

#BD8EDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EDE
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 32.49, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 47.04, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0801 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.123 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8417, 35.4393, 73.6240)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EDE #AFDE8E

analogous

#958EDE #BD8EDE #DE8ED7

triadic

#BD8EDE #DEBD8E #8EDEBD

tetradic

#BD8EDE #DE958E #AFDE8E #8ED7DE

square

#BD8EDE #DE958E #AFDE8E #8ED7DE

split-complementary

#BD8EDE #D7DE8E #8EDE95

monochromatic

#8437BB #A15FD0 #BD8EDE #D9BDEC #F1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BD8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EDE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EDE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B999AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2afe8',
    500: '#bd8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ede;
$custom-light: #d2afe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.25,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EDE

secondary

#E2EEDA

accent

#C22365

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FC

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EDE

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

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