#BD55B2#BD55B2

#BD55B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.174 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55B2
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(306, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(306, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 53.84, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 61.78, 330.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.1536 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.174 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2705, 20.5323, 44.3743)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55B2 #55BD60

analogous

#9455BD #BD55B2 #BD557E

triadic

#BD55B2 #B2BD55 #55B2BD

tetradic

#BD55B2 #BD9455 #55BD60 #557EBD

square

#BD55B2 #BD9455 #55BD60 #557EBD

split-complementary

#BD55B2 #7EBD55 #55BD94

monochromatic

#6D2A66 #993C8F #BD55B2 #CE81C6 #DFADDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BD55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BD55B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55B2

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55B2	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5174B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.174 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38ac9',
    500: '#bd55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55b2;
$custom-light: #d38ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.346,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6123,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55B2

secondary

#A1CDA5

accent

#D46254

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55B2

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

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