#BD8EEB#BD8EEB

#BD8EEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.139 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EEB
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 39.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 35.34, -40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 53.62, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0828 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.139 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6517, 36.1633, 83.1564)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EEB #BCEB8E

analogous

#8F8EEB #BD8EEB #EB8EEA

triadic

#BD8EEB #EBBD8E #8EEBBD

tetradic

#BD8EEB #EB8F8E #BCEB8E #8EEAEB

square

#BD8EEB #EB8F8E #BCEB8E #8EEAEB

split-complementary

#BD8EEB #EAEB8E #8EEB8F

monochromatic

#8026D8 #9F5AE2 #BD8EEB #DBC2F4 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BD8EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BD8EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EEB

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EEB	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.139 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff2',
    500: '#bd8eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8eeb;
$custom-light: #d2aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.323,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EEB

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D21472

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EEB

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

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