#BD8EEA#BD8EEA

#BD8EEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EEA
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 39.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 35.12, -39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 53.11, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0826 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.138 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5076, 36.1057, 82.3977)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EEA #BBEA8E

analogous

#8F8EEA #BD8EEA #EA8EE9

triadic

#BD8EEA #EABD8E #8EEABD

tetradic

#BD8EEA #EA8F8E #BBEA8E #8EE9EA

square

#BD8EEA #EA8F8E #BBEA8E #8EE9EA

split-complementary

#BD8EEA #E9EA8E #8EEA8F

monochromatic

#8128D6 #9F5AE0 #BD8EEA #DBC2F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BD8EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BD8EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EEA

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EEA	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff1',
    500: '#bd8eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8eea;
$custom-light: #d2aff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.652,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EEA

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D11571

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EEA

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

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