#BD55B4#BD55B4

#BD55B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.176 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55B4
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 180)
HSL	hsl(305, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 54.18, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 62.58, 329.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1539 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.176 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4728, 20.6132, 45.4396)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55B4 #55BD5E

analogous

#9255BD #BD55B4 #BD5580

triadic

#BD55B4 #B4BD55 #55B4BD

tetradic

#BD55B4 #BD9255 #55BD5E #5580BD

square

#BD55B4 #BD9255 #55BD5E #5580BD

split-complementary

#BD55B4 #80BD55 #55BD92

monochromatic

#6D2A67 #993C91 #BD55B4 #CE81C7 #DFADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BD55B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BD55B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55B4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55B4	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5074B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7083B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.176 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38aca',
    500: '#bd55b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55b4;
$custom-light: #d38aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.192,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61325,
    "c": 0.17609,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55B4

secondary

#A1CDA5

accent

#D45F54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55B4

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

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