#BD46E5#BD46E5

#BD46E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.240 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD46E5
RGB	rgb(189, 70, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 69.60, -58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 91.20, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.1732 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.24 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3171, 20.8577, 76.1738)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD46E5 #6EE546

analogous

#6D46E5 #BD46E5 #E546BD

triadic

#BD46E5 #E5BD46 #46E5BD

tetradic

#BD46E5 #E56D46 #6EE546 #46BDE5

square

#BD46E5 #E56D46 #6EE546 #46BDE5

split-complementary

#BD46E5 #BDE546 #46E56D

monochromatic

#79169B #A31DD0 #BD46E5 #D07CED #E3B1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BD46E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BD46E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD46E5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD46E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD46E5	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd46e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 70, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.240 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d583ee',
    500: '#bd46e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd46e5;
$custom-light: #d583ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd46e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.906,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62363,
    "c": 0.23969,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD46E5

secondary

#B4E3A4

accent

#F23665

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD46E5

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

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