#BD56C9#BD56C9

#BD56C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.193 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD56C9
RGB	rgb(189, 86, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(294, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 57.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 57.46, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 70.92, 324.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.155 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.193 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8557, 21.6932, 57.5983)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD56C9 #62C956

analogous

#8456C9 #BD56C9 #C9569C

triadic

#BD56C9 #C9BD56 #56C9BD

tetradic

#BD56C9 #C98456 #62C956 #569CC9

square

#BD56C9 #C98456 #62C956 #569CC9

split-complementary

#BD56C9 #9CC956 #56C984

monochromatic

#74287D #9F37AB #BD56C9 #CF84D8 #E1B3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BD56C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#BD56C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD56C9

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD56C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD56C9	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4378CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd56c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 86, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.193 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48bda',
    500: '#bd56c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd56c9;
$custom-light: #d48bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd56c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.739,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62515,
    "c": 0.19312,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD56C9

secondary

#ABD5A6

accent

#DB4D5C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FA

border

#D3CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD56C9

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

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