#BD50AD#BD50AD

#BD50AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.178 H 333.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD50AD
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 173)
HSL	hsl(309, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(309, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 55.32, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 62.49, 332.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1595 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.178 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3978, 19.5756, 41.6518)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD50AD #50BD60

analogous

#9650BD #BD50AD #BD5077

triadic

#BD50AD #ADBD50 #50ADBD

tetradic

#BD50AD #BD9650 #50BD60 #5077BD

square

#BD50AD #BD9650 #50BD60 #5077BD

split-complementary

#BD50AD #77BD50 #50BD96

monochromatic

#6A2861 #973989 #BD50AD #CE7CC2 #DFA9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BD50AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BD50AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD50AD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD50AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD50AD	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E70B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd50ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.178 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d487c5',
    500: '#bd50ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd50ad;
$custom-light: #d487c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd50ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.807,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60363,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD50AD

secondary

#9DCCA4

accent

#D56653

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD50AD

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

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