#BD8FBD#BD8FBD

#BD8FBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.084 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8FBD
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 25.22, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 30.51, 325.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0696 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.084 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9931, 34.1390, 52.6170)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8FBD #8FBD8F

analogous

#A68FBD #BD8FBD #BD8FA6

triadic

#BD8FBD #BDBD8F #8FBDBD

tetradic

#BD8FBD #BDA68F #8FBD8F #8FA6BD

square

#BD8FBD #BDA68F #8FBD8F #8FA6BD

split-complementary

#BD8FBD #A6BD8F #8FBDA6

monochromatic

#844E84 #A668A6 #BD8FBD #D4B6D4 #EADCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD8FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD8FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8FBD

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8FBD	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0939F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.084 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b0d1',
    500: '#bd8fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8fbd;
$custom-light: #d1b0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25.843,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70877,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8FBD

secondary

#CCDCCC

accent

#A44141

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8FBD

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

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