#BD55E4#BD55E4

#BD55E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.220 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55E4
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(284, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(284, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 63.12, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 83.63, 319.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.157 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.22 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2362, 22.9186, 75.7933)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55E4 #7CE455

analogous

#7655E4 #BD55E4 #E455C4

triadic

#BD55E4 #E4BD55 #55E4BD

tetradic

#BD55E4 #E47655 #7CE455 #55C4E4

square

#BD55E4 #E47655 #7CE455 #55C4E4

split-complementary

#BD55E4 #C4E455 #55E476

monochromatic

#7F1AA4 #A723D9 #BD55E4 #D28AEC #E6BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BD55E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BD55E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55E4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55E4	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.220 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bed',
    500: '#bd55e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55e4;
$custom-light: #d48bed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63921,
    "c": 0.21987,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55E4

secondary

#BEE5B0

accent

#D51146

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55E4

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

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