#BD8EEE#BD8EEE

#BD8EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.143 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8EEE
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 36.02, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 55.15, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0834 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.143 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0888, 36.3381, 85.4583)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8EEE #BFEE8E

analogous

#8E8FEE #BD8EEE #ED8EEE

triadic

#BD8EEE #EEBD8E #8EEEBD

tetradic

#BD8EEE #EE8E8F #BFEE8E #8EEEED

square

#BD8EEE #EE8E8F #BFEE8E #8EEEED

split-complementary

#BD8EEE #EEED8E #8FEE8E

monochromatic

#7F24DE #9E59E6 #BD8EEE #DCC3F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BD8EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BD8EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8EEE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8EEE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.143 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff4',
    500: '#bd8eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8eee;
$custom-light: #d2aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.375,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8EEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D61075

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8EEE

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

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