#BD8FDA#BD8FDA

#BD8FDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8FDA
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 218)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 34%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 34.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 31.08, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 44.39, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0777 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.117 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4614, 35.5263, 70.8838)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8FDA #ACDA8F

analogous

#978FDA #BD8FDA #DA8FD1

triadic

#BD8FDA #DABD8F #8FDABD

tetradic

#BD8FDA #DA978F #ACDA8F #8FD1DA

square

#BD8FDA #DA978F #ACDA8F #8FD1DA

split-complementary

#BD8FDA #D1DA8F #8FDA97

monochromatic

#853BB3 #A261CB #BD8FDA #D8BDE9 #F1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD8FDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BD8FDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8FDA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8FDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8FDA	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA99AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8fda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b0e5',
    500: '#bd8fda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8fda;
$custom-light: #d2b0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8fda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.8,
    "s": 50.336,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8FDA

secondary

#E0ECD8

accent

#BE2862

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F5FC

border

#D2CFD5

text

#141016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8FDA

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

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