#BD4AE5#BD4AE5

#BD4AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.235 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4AE5
RGB	rgb(189, 74, 229)
HSL	hsl(285, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 68.01, -58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 89.41, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1691 -0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.235 316)
XYZ	xyz(37.5757, 21.3749, 76.2600)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4AE5 #72E54A

analogous

#704AE5 #BD4AE5 #E54AC0

triadic

#BD4AE5 #E5BD4A #4AE5BD

tetradic

#BD4AE5 #E5704A #72E54A #4AC0E5

square

#BD4AE5 #E5704A #72E54A #4AC0E5

split-complementary

#BD4AE5 #C0E54A #4AE570

monochromatic

#7B179E #A51ED3 #BD4AE5 #D180ED #E4B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BD4AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BD4AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD4AE5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD4AE5	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 74, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.235 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d585ee',
    500: '#bd4ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4ae5;
$custom-light: #d585ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62766,
    "c": 0.23492,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.21374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4AE5

secondary

#B7E4A7

accent

#F13667

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4AE5

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

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