#BD8EE8#BD8EE8

#BD8EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EE8
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 39%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 38.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 34.68, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 52.09, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0822 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.136 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2219, 35.9914, 80.8930)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EE8 #B9E88E

analogous

#908EE8 #BD8EE8 #E88EE6

triadic

#BD8EE8 #E8BD8E #8EE8BD

tetradic

#BD8EE8 #E8908E #B9E88E #8EE6E8

square

#BD8EE8 #E8908E #B9E88E #8EE6E8

split-complementary

#BD8EE8 #E6E88E #8EE890

monochromatic

#812BD1 #9F5BDE #BD8EE8 #DBC1F2 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD8EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BD8EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EE8

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EE8	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79CB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2afef',
    500: '#bd8ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8ee8;
$custom-light: #d2afef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.333,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72524,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EE8

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE176F

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EE8

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

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