#BD8EE2#BD8EE2

#BD8EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EE2
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 33.36, -35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 49.05, 312.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0809 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.128 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3842, 35.6563, 76.4809)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EE2 #B3E28E

analogous

#938EE2 #BD8EE2 #E28EDD

triadic

#BD8EE2 #E2BD8E #8EE2BD

tetradic

#BD8EE2 #E2938E #B3E28E #8EDDE2

square

#BD8EE2 #E2938E #B3E28E #8EDDE2

split-complementary

#BD8EE2 #DDE28E #8EE293

monochromatic

#8332C3 #A15DD6 #BD8EE2 #D9BFEE #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BD8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EE2

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EE2	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2afeb',
    500: '#bd8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ee2;
$custom-light: #d2afeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EE2

secondary

#E4F0DB

accent

#C71F69

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EE2

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

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