#BD55D3#BD55D3

#BD55D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.204 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55D3
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(290, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(290, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 59.80, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 75.89, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1568 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.204 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9912, 22.0206, 63.9700)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55D3 #6BD355

analogous

#7E55D3 #BD55D3 #D355AA

triadic

#BD55D3 #D3BD55 #55D3BD

tetradic

#BD55D3 #D37E55 #6BD355 #55AAD3

square

#BD55D3 #D37E55 #6BD355 #55AAD3

split-complementary

#BD55D3 #AAD355 #55D37E

monochromatic

#78248A #A230BB #BD55D3 #D086E0 #E3B6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BD55D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BD55D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55D3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55D3	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6085D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.204 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48be1',
    500: '#bd55d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55d3;
$custom-light: #d48be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.524,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62937,
    "c": 0.20382,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55D3

secondary

#B2DBA9

accent

#E24661

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55D3

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

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