#BD4EC9#BD4EC9

#BD4EC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.205 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4EC9
RGB	rgb(189, 78, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(294, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 61.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 61.06, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 75.06, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1649 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.205 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2523, 20.4865, 57.3971)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4EC9 #5AC94E

analogous

#7F4EC9 #BD4EC9 #C94E98

triadic

#BD4EC9 #C9BD4E #4EC9BD

tetradic

#BD4EC9 #C97F4E #5AC94E #4E98C9

square

#BD4EC9 #C97F4E #5AC94E #4E98C9

split-complementary

#BD4EC9 #98C94E #4EC97F

monochromatic

#702578 #9C33A7 #BD4EC9 #CE7DD7 #E0ACE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BD4EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BD4EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD4EC9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD4EC9	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3774CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 78, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.205 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d486da',
    500: '#bd4ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4ec9;
$custom-light: #d486da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.146,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61555,
    "c": 0.20463,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4EC9

secondary

#A5D39F

accent

#DD4B59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4EC9

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

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