#BD55E8#BD55E8

#BD55E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.224 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55E8
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(282, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 63.92, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 85.47, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.157 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.224 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7979, 23.1433, 78.7516)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55E8 #80E855

analogous

#7455E8 #BD55E8 #E855CA

triadic

#BD55E8 #E8BD55 #55E8BD

tetradic

#BD55E8 #E87455 #80E855 #55CAE8

square

#BD55E8 #E87455 #80E855 #55CAE8

split-complementary

#BD55E8 #CAE855 #55E874

monochromatic

#8017AB #A81FE1 #BD55E8 #D28BEF #E7C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BD55E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BD55E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55E8

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55E8	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.224 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58bf0',
    500: '#bd55e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55e8;
$custom-light: #d58bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.449,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64163,
    "c": 0.22369,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55E8

secondary

#C1E7B1

accent

#D80D49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55E8

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

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