#BD55EE#BD55EE

#BD55EE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.229 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55EE
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(281, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 65.14, -59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 88.24, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1567 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.229 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6647, 23.4900, 83.3169)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55EE #86EE55

analogous

#7055EE #BD55EE #EE55D3

triadic

#BD55EE #EEBD55 #55EEBD

tetradic

#BD55EE #EE7055 #86EE55 #55D3EE

square

#BD55EE #EE7055 #86EE55 #55D3EE

split-complementary

#BD55EE #D3EE55 #55EE70

monochromatic

#8212B6 #A71DE8 #BD55EE #D38DF4 #E8C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BD55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BD55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55EE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55EE	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.229 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58bf4',
    500: '#bd55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55ee;
$custom-light: #d58bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.784,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64531,
    "c": 0.22944,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55EE

secondary

#C6EBB4

accent

#DE074C

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55EE

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

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