#BD4ED9#BD4ED9

#BD4ED9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.219 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4ED9
RGB	rgb(189, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 64.04, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 82.12, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1652 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.219 319)
XYZ	xyz(36.2334, 21.2790, 67.8309)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4ED9 #6AD94E

analogous

#784ED9 #BD4ED9 #D94EAF

triadic

#BD4ED9 #D9BD4E #4ED9BD

tetradic

#BD4ED9 #D9784E #6AD94E #4EAFD9

square

#BD4ED9 #D9784E #6AD94E #4EAFD9

split-complementary

#BD4ED9 #AFD94E #4ED978

monochromatic

#781F8E #A229C0 #BD4ED9 #D080E4 #E3B3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BD4ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#BD4ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD4ED9

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD4ED9	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2178DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD668D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.219 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487e5',
    500: '#bd4ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4ed9;
$custom-light: #d487e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.914,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.21898,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.21277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4ED9

secondary

#B1DDA6

accent

#E84062

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FC

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4ED9

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

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