#BD55DD#BD55DD

#BD55DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.213 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55DD
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(286, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(286, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, 61.73, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 80.42, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1571 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.213 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2840, 22.5377, 70.7789)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55DD #75DD55

analogous

#7955DD #BD55DD #DD55B9

triadic

#BD55DD #DDBD55 #55DDBD

tetradic

#BD55DD #DD7955 #75DD55 #55B9DD

square

#BD55DD #DD7955 #75DD55 #55B9DD

split-complementary

#BD55DD #B9DD55 #55DD79

monochromatic

#7C1F99 #A629CC #BD55DD #D188E7 #E5BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BD55DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BD55DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55DD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55DD	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.213 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48be8',
    500: '#bd55dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55dd;
$custom-light: #d48be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63508,
    "c": 0.21322,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55DD

secondary

#B9E1AD

accent

#EA3E67

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55DD

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

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