#BD55E5#BD55E5

#BD55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.221 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55E5
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 63.32, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 84.09, 318.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.157 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.221 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3754, 22.9743, 76.5265)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55E5 #7DE555

analogous

#7555E5 #BD55E5 #E555C5

triadic

#BD55E5 #E5BD55 #55E5BD

tetradic

#BD55E5 #E57555 #7DE555 #55C5E5

square

#BD55E5 #E57555 #7DE555 #55C5E5

split-complementary

#BD55E5 #C5E555 #55E575

monochromatic

#7F19A6 #A822DB #BD55E5 #D28AED #E6BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BD55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BD55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55E5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55E5	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D7EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5387E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.221 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bee',
    500: '#bd55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55e5;
$custom-light: #d48bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63981,
    "c": 0.22082,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55E5

secondary

#BFE6B0

accent

#D61047

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55E5

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

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