#BD55EF#BD55EF

#BD55EF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.230 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD55EF
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 239)
HSL	hsl(281, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 64.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 65.34, -59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 88.71, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1567 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.23 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8120, 23.5489, 84.0928)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD55EF #87EF55

analogous

#7055EF #BD55EF #EF55D4

triadic

#BD55EF #EFBD55 #55EFBD

tetradic

#BD55EF #EF7055 #87EF55 #55D4EF

square

#BD55EF #EF7055 #87EF55 #55D4EF

split-complementary

#BD55EF #D4EF55 #55EF70

monochromatic

#8211B8 #A71DEA #BD55EF #D38DF4 #E8C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BD55EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BD55EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD55EF

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD55EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD55EF	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0080F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8739B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd55ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.230 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58bf5',
    500: '#bd55ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd55ef;
$custom-light: #d58bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd55ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.519,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64594,
    "c": 0.2304,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD55EF

secondary

#C6EBB5

accent

#DF064D

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FBF0FE

border

#D4CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD55EF

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

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