#BD55D5#BD55D5

#BD55D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.206 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55D5
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(289, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 60.18, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 76.79, 321.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1569 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.206 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2435, 22.1215, 65.2987)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55D5 #6DD555

analogous

#7D55D5 #BD55D5 #D555AD

triadic

#BD55D5 #D5BD55 #55D5BD

tetradic

#BD55D5 #D57D55 #6DD555 #55ADD5

square

#BD55D5 #D57D55 #6DD555 #55ADD5

split-complementary

#BD55D5 #ADD555 #55D57D

monochromatic

#79238D #A32FBE #BD55D5 #D086E1 #E3B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BD55D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BD55D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55D5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55D5	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.206 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48be2',
    500: '#bd55d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55d5;
$custom-light: #d48be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63049,
    "c": 0.20569,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55D5

secondary

#B3DCA9

accent

#E44462

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55D5

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

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